Indonesia is one of the brighter spots among the emerging economies of the far East. The year to year increase in GDP was 6.39% in the second quarter, up from 6.31% in the first quarter and second only to growth in China. The first [...]
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Global| Aug 06 2012Japanese Statistics: Machinery Orders, Tankan and Current Account
- Global| Jul 31 2012
Euro Crisis Beginning to Affect German Economy
The Euro Crisis is beginning to affect the German economy which heretofore has seemed immune. Unemployment in Germany has stated to inch up since March of this year. At that time registered unemployment was 2,856 thousand and the [...]
- Global| Jul 30 2012
Germany's IFO and EA Business Survey
Measures of confidence in Germany and in the Euro Area, as a whole, were published today. The IFO in Germany showed a decline in the headline series, the Business Climate to 103.3 (2005=100) in July from 105.2 in June. At the same [...]
- Global| Jul 24 2012
Euro Area's PMIs Continue to Be Cautious
The purchasing managers in the Euro Area surveyed by Markit Economics continue to be cautious in their appraisal of the economy. The July flash estimate for the Composite diffusion index is 46.3819, above the June flash estimate of [...]
- Global| Jul 23 2012
May Growth in World Trade Improved But Growth in World Production Slowed
May data for world trade and production were released today by the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analyses. (The data are found in the G10 Haver Data Base.) The CPB is part of the Netherland Ministry of Economic Affairs, [...]
- Global| Jul 10 2012
Industrial Production in France, Italy, the Netherlands and the U.K.
The United Kingdom and three Euro Area Countries--France Italy and the Netherlands-- released May data on industrial production today. (The data can be found in the G10 data base as well as in the data bases of the individual [...]
- Global| Jul 09 2012
Japanese Statistics: Machinery Orders, Tankan and Current Account
Machinery orders in Japan (Private orders excluding volatile items--ships and electric power) released today fell 14.8% in May. This is the largest month to month decline since October, 2001, raising the prospect of a slowdown in the [...]
- Global| Jul 02 2012
China's Manufacturing PMIs
There are two diffusion indexes that track China's purchasing managers' views of the manufacturing outlook. One is China's official Purchasing Managers Index compiled by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and the other [...]
- Global| Jun 26 2012
Comparing Consumer Confidence in Germany and France
Indicators of Consumer Confidence for France and Germany were released today. In Germany, GfK's Consumer Climate indicator declined from the March high of 6.0 points to 5.7 points in May and June but is now forecasting an improvement [...]
- Global| Jun 25 2012
Brazilian Consumers Still More Confident Than Business
In spite of signs of weakness in the Brazilian economy in the last two years, Brazilian consumer confidence kept increasing up through April of this year. The main measure of Consumer Confidence, the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FVG) [...]
- Global| Jun 19 2012
German Financial Experts Turn Negative on German Economic Prospects
The 274 German financial analysts and institutional investors who participated in the ZEW survey that took place during the period from May 29 to June 18 greatly reduced their expectations of German macroeconomic conditions in the six [...]
- Global| Jun 18 2012
The Belgium Consumer
While Greek and Egyptian election news takes center stage these days, it is important not to lose sight of the wealth of economic data released each day. Among today's releases are data on Belgium's consumer confidence and [...]
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