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German PPI Accelerates
The German year-on-year PPI has generally been decelerating since early 2017...
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The Conference Board's Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators increased 0.3% during March...
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The Philadelphia Fed reported that its General Factory Sector Business Conditions Index rose to 23.2 during April...
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Initial unemployment insurance claims slipped to 232,000 (-6.1% y/y) during the week ended April 14...
U.K. Retail Sales Fall
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by Robert Brusca December 10, 2007
Industrial production in France was up strongly in October
showing a rise of 2.1%. In the past three months overall output is up
but without any real strong sector leadership. Auto sales are up
strongly in October. In the quarter to date output is up strongly over
its Q3 level expanding at an 8.1% annual rate. France follows the same
trend as Germany as its consumer goods output is lagging, falling by
2.1% so far in Q3. Capital goods output is up at a 6.9% annual rate in
Q4. Europe continues to show weak consumer demand/output and displays
an ongoing strong capital goods sector.
| French IP excluding Construction | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saar exept m/m | Oct-07 | Sep-07 | Aug-07 | 3-mo | 6-mo | 12-mo |
| IP total | 2.1% | -1.2% | 0.1% | 3.9% | 5.7% | 4.0% |
| Consumer goods | 0.4% | -1.5% | 0.9% | -1.1% | 3.3% | 1.6% |
| Capital goods | 1.0% | -1.0% | -0.1% | -0.3% | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| Intermediate goods | 1.9% | -0.9% | -0.6% | 1.6% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Memo | ||||||
| Auto | 6.9% | -4.0% | 1.3% | 16.5% | 6.9% | 5.7% |
