China is one of the first countries to announce its monthly trade data. Selected trade data on a seasonally unadjusted basis for January were released today. In each year since 2001 the unadjusted data on the trade balance have shown [...]
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Global| Feb 12 2007China off to Another Record Trade Balance
- Global| Feb 06 2007
Leading Diffusion and Coincident Composite Indicators in Japan Give Mixed Signals
Japan's Cabinet Office released today preliminary diffusion and composite indexes of business cyclical developments for December. Final figures will be released on February 16, one day after the release of data for the fourth quarter [...]
- Global| Feb 05 2007
Balance of Trade in Goods: Czech Republic and Kazakhstan
The Czech Republic and Kazakhstan released data on exports and imports of goods for December. The data for the Czech Republic are in Koruny and US dollars; that of Kazakhstan in US Dollars only. The monthly trade in goods when [...]
- Global| Jan 30 2007
No Clear Direction for the Japanese Economy in Recent Statistics
The economic news out of Japan is ambiguous. Production and exports are strong, employment, retail sales and family living expenditures are weak. The yen has depreciated sharply in recent weeks against the euro and the dollar. The yen [...]
- Global| Jan 29 2007
Business Confidence Improves in Norway and Sweden: a New High in Norway
Expectations of business conditions in Norway and Sweden improved in the latest surveys. The data for manufacturing in Norway are expressed in the form of a diffusion index and are reported quarterly. The data for manufacturing in [...]
- Global| Jan 29 2007
Chicago Surveys Show Some Reversal in Down Trends
The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's Midwest manufacturing index, shown in the attached chart, increased 0.06% in December, reversing the down trend of the past four months. The index covers activity in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, [...]
- Global| Jan 29 2007
Chicago Surveys Show Some Reversal in Down Trends
The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank's Midwest manufacturing index, shown in the attached chart, increased 0.06% in December, reversing the down trend of the past four months. The index covers activity in Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, [...]
- Global| Jan 23 2007
UK CBI Industrial Survey: Lower Exports and Price Rises Ahead
In the current survey, the British industrialists surveyed quarterly by the Confederation of Business Industries (CBI) were less pessimistic regarding the general business situation than they had been last October. They were, however, [...]
- Global| Jan 22 2007
Stock Markets and Political Risk
Stock markets at home and abroad were generally ebullient in the last half of 2006 and most continued to rise so far in 2007.In the United States and the United Kingdom the Dow Jones Average and the FTSE 500 surpassed record prices [...]
The UK inflation rate, based on the Harmonized Consumer Price Index (HCPI) rose to 3.0% in December from 2.7% in November. The rise was no surprise since the principal reason given for the Bank of England's increase in the base rate [...]
- Global| Jan 15 2007
Growth in New Orders for Ships and Electric Power and for Export Exceed Growth in Japanese Headline Series for New [...]
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) of the Cabinet Office in Japan announced today that new orders for machinery were well above expectations. On a seasonally unadjusted basis new orders were 19.3% above November, 2005 [...]
- Global| Jan 09 2007
Mostly Positive News from Germany
Recent data from Germany are generally positive. Exports, while still strong, declined slightly in November from 80.9 billion euros in October to 80.5 billion euros--the result perhaps of the strong euro. However, imports declined by [...]
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