Last week Carol Stone commented on the signs of weakness in the United Kingdom's economy. Lower employment, reduced confidence, declining orders and industrial production. Today the Confederation of British Industries cast further [...]
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Global| Jan 17 2006Canadian Business Expects Further Increases in Sales, but Sees More Difficulty in Meeting Demand
Canadian firms remain optimistic regarding the business outlook according to the latest Business Outlook Survey of the Bank of Canada that was released today. The Bank conducts interviews with the senior management of about 100 [...]
- Global| Jan 16 2006
Japan's Balance of Payment: Net Income from Overseas Transactions Currently Is Greater than Trade in Goods Balance
Data on Japan's balance of payments for November were released today by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry reports the data in hundred millions of yen and these figures are reported in the Haver Data base but in the table below and [...]
- Global| Jan 16 2006
Japan's Balance of Payment: Net Income from Overseas Transactions Currently Is Greater than Trade in Goods Balance
Data on Japan's balance of payments for November were released today by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry reports the data in hundred millions of yen and these figures are reported in the Haver Data base but in the table below and [...]
After a sharp rise in confidence among institutional investors and analysts in Germany last month, confidence increased meaningfully again in January. The excess of optimists over pessimists expecting improved conditions over the next [...]
- Global| Jan 09 2006
News from Central and Eastern Europe
Statistics relating to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia and Slovenia were released today. These countries became members of the European Union in May, 2004 and, while it will be some time before they are able and/or willing to join [...]
- Global| Jan 03 2006
Good News on German Unemployment
Signs of improvement in the German economy have been coming to the fore. The latest bit of good news relates to unemployment conditions. The Federal Labor Agency reported that the number of registered workers without work adjusted for [...]
- Global| Dec 27 2005
Economic Sentiment in Slovakia Slows in December
The Economic Sentiment Indicator of Slovakia has been on a generally rising trend since early 2004. (See the first chart.) The index rose 0.4% in December to 113.4 (2000=100) from November and was 7.0% above the December, 2004 level [...]
- Global| Dec 20 2005
Production and New Orders in the Euro Zone's Big Three: Germany, France and Italy
Industrial production in France, Germany and Italy, the three largest countries in the Euro Zone, shows distinctly different trends. While German industrial production has recently shown strength, Italian production has trended [...]
- Global| Dec 19 2005
China's Trade Balance with the U. S. Heading for More Than $100 billion This Year
China's total balance of merchandise trade declined $328 million in November from $7,188 million in October to $6,860. China's trade balance with the United States, however, increased $267 million to $10,583 million from $10,315 [...]
- Global| Dec 13 2005
Confidence among German Investors and Analysts Rises Sharply: The ZEW Survey
The ZEW survey of institutional investors and analysts showed a 22.9 point increase in expectations for improvement in the German economy six months ahead. This was the second largest month-to-month increase recorded since the series [...]
- Global| Dec 12 2005
Japan's Second Preliminary Estimate of 3rdQ GDP Growth Rate Revised Down to 0.2% from 0.4%: Inventory Liquidation [...]
The second preliminary estimate of Japan's third quarter gross domestic product, which was published late last week, reduced the quarter-to-quarter growth rate from 0.4% to 0.2%. The major revision was a change in inventory [...]
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