The third quarter preliminary estimate of Gross Domestic Product for Japan was twice as high as consensus expectations. On a seasonally adjusted annual rate, Japan's GDP rose 2.03% while the expected increase was 1.0%. The rise took [...]
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Global| Nov 13 2006Industrial Production in Egypt, Jordan, Japan and Kazakhstan
September data for industrial production released today give some indication of trends in economic activity in diverse corners of the global economy--the Middle East, the Far East and Eastern Europe. Industrial production data in the [...]
- Global| Nov 07 2006
Japanese Household Living Expenditures Decline Sharply: Implications for 3rd Q GDP?
By the many measures of family living expenditures the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications publishes, Japanese families have been reducing their living expenditures. The index of living expenditures for all households in [...]
- Global| Nov 06 2006
Sales and New Orders and NTC's PMI Suggest Manufacturing in Germany Is Decelerating
September manufacturing sales and new orders for Germany were released today. Sales increased 0.17% from August but were almost 6% above September, 2005. New orders, however, fell 2.5% in September, although they were 9.6% above a [...]
- Global| Oct 31 2006
Economic Sentiment in Europe Continues to Improve
Economic sentiment in the Eurozone increased 0.9% in October to 110.3 and was 9.9% above October, 2005. For the 25 members of the EU (European Union) the comparable figures were 0,5% 111.5 and 9.9% respectively. The Economic Sentiment [...]
- Global| Oct 30 2006
Renewed Interest in the Money Supply??
With the exception of the European Central Bank, which explicitly uses the money supply to gauge inflation, most central bankers have down played the role of money in forming monetary policy in recent years. In fact, in the United [...]
- Global| Oct 24 2006
Mixed Signals for Europe in Today's Data Releases
A collection of releases on confidence and consumer spending in Europe were released today. Producer confidence in the Netherlands increased in October while consumer confidence held steady. In Italy consumer confidence fell in [...]
- Global| Oct 23 2006
Bank of Israel Keeps Interest Rate at 5.5%
The bank of Israel kept its key interest rate at 5.5% today. Speculation that the rate might have been cut was fed by the sharp decline in the September seasonally unadjusted consumer price index that declined by almost 0.9% from [...]
- Global| Oct 23 2006
Bank of Israel Keeps Interest Rate at 5.5%
The bank of Israel kept its key interest rate at 5.5% today. Speculation that the rate might have been cut was fed by the sharp decline in the September seasonally unadjusted consumer price index that declined by almost 0.9% from [...]
- Global| Oct 17 2006
The German Financial Community Is Growing More Cautious about Economic Conditions Six Month Ahead
The ZEW measure of economic sentiment among analysts and institutional investors regarding the economic outlook six months ahead fell from -22.2%in September to -27.4% in October, that is, the pessimists outweighed the optimists by [...]
- Global| Oct 16 2006
German Productivity Growth in Manufacturing Tops That of the United States
Growth in productivity together growth in the labor force largely determines a country's potential growth rate. Recent trends in German productivity, especially in industry, suggest that the recent increase in Germany's growth rate [...]
- Global| Oct 10 2006
Kazakhstan in the News and Haver Data
Kazakhstan, strategic for its oil and natural gas reserves, has lately been in the news with the visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to the White House and, more recently, with the attractiveness of its high yielding investment [...]
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