February industrial production data for Sweden, France, the Czech Republic and Slovenia were released today. In each case there was a decline from January in the seasonally adjusted data. Except for France, however, the February [...]
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Global| Apr 10 2006Industrial Production in Europe: East and West
- Global| Apr 04 2006
Accumulation of Foreign Reserves of Developing Countries in the Far East Slowing: Shift in Composition of Holdings [...]
The accumulation of foreign reserves by the developing countries in the Far East appears to be decelerating. Reserves are still increasing, but much more slowly than the pace of early 2004 when the year-to-year increases in reserves [...]
- Global| Apr 03 2006
Purchasing Managers in Europe Report Good Improvement in the Manufacturing Sector
Manufacturing PMI's (Purchasing Manager's Indexes) were released today by NTC Research, Ltd. The index for the Euro Zone has been in an expansion mode (i.e. above 50) since last July. The March figure released today, 56.07, was the [...]
- Global| Mar 28 2006
Business Confidence Improves in Germany and Italy; Is Unchanged in France
March surveys indicate that business confidence is surprisingly strong in Germany and Italy, but subdued in France. The first chart shows the IFO business climate index for Germany and the ISAE business confidence indicator for Italy. [...]
- Global| Mar 27 2006
Another Indication of the End of Deflation in Japan: Prices of Commercial Land Rise in Metropolitan Areas
Further evidence that deflation in Japan is becoming a thing of the past is showing up in land prices. Commercial land prices in the three metropolitan areas--Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya--rose last year for the first time since the peak [...]
- Global| Mar 21 2006
Early Indicators Pointing to Good First Quarter for Finland
Indicators released today are pointing to an increase in the rate of growth of Finland's GDP in the first quarter from the 0.91% rate of the fourth quarter of 2005. The trend of the monthly total production series, which is a good [...]
- Global| Mar 20 2006
Inflation at the Producer Level Heats up in Germany
Producer prices in Germany rose 0.7% in February. Prices of intermediate goods were up 0.56%, those of investment goods fell 0.10% and prices of consumer goods were unchanged. The rise was due almost entirely to continued rising [...]
- Global| Mar 14 2006
A Sampling of Industrial Production Reports Suggests Economic Growth in Continental Europe Still on the Low Side
The role of industrial production in most highly developed economies has declined in importance as the role of services has loomed larger. Nevertheless, industrial production still represents a significant portion of these economies [...]
- Global| Mar 13 2006
Japanese Consumers Maintain Confidence: More Households Expect Prices to Rise Than to Fall
The diffusion index of Consumer confidence in Japan rose sharply in early 2004 and has shown little change up or down since then. However, the index in February, 2006 at 49.8 is the highest level since early 1990. Monthly data on [...]
- Global| Mar 07 2006
Foreign Demand for German Manufactures Continues to Boost New Orders
Foreign new orders for German manufactures rose 1.6% in January and were 16.2% above January, 2005. Even new orders from domestic sources, which were down slightly in January from December, were 5.7% above January, 2005. Year-to-year [...]
- Global| Mar 06 2006
2005 GDP in Thailand: Last of Major Pacific Rim Countries to Report
Thailand released data on its fourth quarter Gross Domestic Product today. GDP in the fourth quarter was 4.71% above the fourth quarter of 2004. For the year as a whole, the increase in GDP was 4.48%, compared with a rise of 6.16% [...]
Preliminary estimates, released today, now estimate growth of the U. S. economy in the fourth quarter of last year at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.6% vs. the advance estimate 1.1% reported earlier. A third and final estimate [...]
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