Singapore and Thailand announced their third quarter GDPs today. Singapore reported a year over year rise of 6.1% and Thailand one of 3.5%. Year over year growth in the two countries is shown in the first chart. Officials in both [...]
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Global| Nov 15 2011German Real GDP Rose 0.5% In Q3, But Investors are Wary
Amid the turmoil over the debt crisis in the euro area, the German Economy managed to show a 0.50% increase in real GDP in the third quarter compared with a 0.27% increase in the second quarter. The news, however, is not all good. [...]
- Global| Nov 14 2011
Japan: First Estimate 3Q GDP Growth
Japan's real GDP rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 6% in the third quarter, reflecting the recovery from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 12, of this year. The level of GDP is now just below its pre [...]
- Global| Nov 08 2011
The Late Comers To The Euro-Area
After Greece joined the Euro Area in 2001, five more countries entered the Area--Slovenia in 2007, Cyprus and Malta in 2008, Slovakia in 2009 and Estonia in 2011. Little has been said about these five since the crisis in Greece has [...]
- Global| Nov 07 2011
Indonesia: Capital Inflows
Indonesia has become a favorite of the international investment community. The stock market, Jakarta Composite (Aug. 1982=100) is currently at 3,778.28, more than three times its value on October 28, 2008, 1,111.39, its the low point [...]
- Global| Nov 01 2011
A Better Than Expected Rise In UK's Q3 GDP But Still a Cloudy Outlook
The British Office for National Statistics (ONS) released its first estimate of third quarter real GDP today. Total GDP is estimated to have increased 0.5% from the second quarter, as shown in the first chart. Production rose 0.5% [...]
- Global| Oct 31 2011
Japan Growth And The Yen
After three quarters of declines in GDP, an increase looks likely for Japan in the fourth quarter. Recovery is proceeding from the March Earthquake and Tsunami. Although industrial production fell by almost 4% in September from [...]
- Global| Oct 25 2011
Measures of Income Distribution In Haver Databases
The distribution of income has become a hot political issue in the United States. Haver Analytics has a number of data bases that may be useful in discussing this issue. A classic measure of equality or inequality in the distribution [...]
- Global| Oct 24 2011
Not Much Change In Euro-Area PMIs
While the heads of state, bankers and economists have been meeting to address the Euro Area's financial crisis, purchasing managers in the manufacturing and service industries have been assessing the repercussions the crisis may be [...]
- Global| Oct 18 2011
Economic Sentiment Of The German Financial Community Wanes
The ZEW Sentiment indicator represented by the economic expectations among institutional investors and analysts declined 5.0 percentage points in October to -48.3, close to the levels last seen in the 2008 recession. This was the [...]
- Global| Oct 17 2011
Singapore: Advanced Q3 GDP Up 5.9% Y/Y
Singapore, the City State of some 5.2 million people, announced its advanced estimate of a 5.9% increase in third quarter year on year growth in real GDP, a significant rise from the 1% of the second quarter. The advanced estimates [...]
- Global| Oct 11 2011
Japanese Consumer Confidence
Japan's Economic and Social Research Institute Consumer Confidence Survey shows a slight improvement in consumer confidence in September. The index, a diffusion index, was 38.5% a rise of 1.0 percentage point from July and the highest [...]
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