Second quarter data on the national accounts of the emerging countries of the Pacific Rim are becoming available. More than two weeks ago, South Korea announced that its seasonally unadjusted second quarter GDP increased 4.8% over the [...]
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Global| Aug 11 2008Evidence of Slow Down in Emerging Markets Coming to the Fore
- Global| Aug 05 2008
Retail Trade in the Euro Area and the European Union
The indexes of retail trade in the Euro Area and the European Union, exclude the sales of motor vehicles and motor cycles. There are two indexes of total retail sales: one includes repairs of personal and household repairs and the [...]
- Global| Aug 04 2008
Some Recent Data From New Zealand
Shortly after the late June report of a first quarter 0.6% decline in New Zealand's Real Gross Domestic Product, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) reported that its second quarter opinion survey showed that the [...]
- Global| Jul 29 2008
Consumer and Business Confidence in The Netherlands, France and Slovakia
Consumer Confidence indicators were released today for France, the Netherlands and Slovakia. Business confidence indicators for the Netherlands and Slovakia were also released today. France's Composite Business Climate Indicator was [...]
- Global| Jul 28 2008
UK Real Estate Agents Report Declines In House Prices And More Difficulties In Making A Sale
The United Kingdom's Hometrack Survey reports local market information compiled by real estate agents around England and Wales. The agents report on house prices, the ratio of the sales price to the asking price, the number of weeks [...]
- Global| Jul 28 2008
UK Real Estate Agents ReportDeclines In House Prices And More Difficulties In Making A Sale
The United Kingdom's Hometrack Survey reports local market information compiled by real estate agents around England and Wales. The agents report on house prices, the ratio of the sales price to the asking price, the number of weeks [...]
- Global| Jul 22 2008
Italian Consumer Confidence Takes a Dive
The Institute of Studies and Economic Analysis's (ISAE) index of Italian consumer confidence fell 4.1% from June to 95.8 (1980=100) in July, the lowest value since May 2004. Consumers' biggest concern appears to be the general [...]
- Global| Jul 21 2008
Producer Price Inflation in Five European Countries
Five countries, Portugal, Switzerland, Russia, Estonia and Slovenia, reported June data for producer price indexes today.Among the five countries, inflation at the producer level measured by the year-over-year increase in the producer [...]
- Global| Jul 08 2008
British Chambers Of Commerce Economic Survey Pointing To Recession?
The second quarter British Chambers of Commerce (BBC) Quarterly Economic Survey presents a grim picture. Appraisals of domestic sales and orders and cash flow by both manufacturers and service providers show that pessimists now [...]
- Global| Jul 07 2008
Industrial Production Declines More Than Expected in Germany And U.K.: Increases in Norway
Data on May industrial production for Germany, the United Kingdom and Norway were released today. Industrial production in Germany and in the UK declined more sharply in May than the consensus in each country had expected. In Germany, [...]
- Global| Jul 01 2008
Inflation in the Euro Area, the Unemployment Rate in Germany and the ECB
The European Central Bank (ECB) meets on this Thursday, July 3rd. It is expected to raise the base rate of 4% by 25 basis points. Yesterday, Eurostat, the European Union's Statistical office announced that inflation data for the Euro [...]
- Global| Jun 30 2008
Consumer Confidence in the U.K. Close to All Time Low
Consumer confidence in the U. K. has declined by 5 percentage points in each of the last three months and is now -34%, one point short of the lowest value recorded in March, 1990 as shown in the first chart. Consumer confidence in the [...]
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