The German IFO business climate index fell in September to 101.4 (2005=100) from 102.3 in August. It was for the fifth straight month of decline. The climate is determined by current conditions and expectations, both of which [...]
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Global| Sep 24 2012German Business Climate Weakens
- Global| Sep 17 2012
Singapore's Foreign Trade Declines Again
Singapore's exports of goods and services declined 2.43% in August and imports of goods and services were up 4.06% with the result that the favorable balance on trade in goods and services declined from S$4.7 in July to S$2.2 billion [...]
- Global| Sep 11 2012
U.S. Trade Balance on Goods and Services, A Bit Better than Expected
The Department of Commerce announced today that the U. S. trade balance on goods and services was -$42.0 billion in July, slightly worse than the revised June figure of -$41.9 billion. Exports of goods and services were $183.l billion [...]
- Global| Sep 04 2012
The Effect of China's Slowdown on World Trade
It is clear from the first chart that China's Gross Domestic Product is undergoing a slowdown. Growth in the first half of this year is running at 8% over last year compared with annual growth rates of 9.25% in 2011 and 10.49% in [...]
- Global| Aug 29 2012
GfK's Consumer Climate Improves But...
The GfK measure of the Consumer Climate rose to 5.9 points in August from 5.8 points in July and is forecasted to remain at 5.9 points in September. The series is an indicator of private consumption and is influenced by the buying [...]
- Global| Aug 27 2012
Improvement in Climate for German Manufacturing Industry Overshadowed
The German business climate weakened again in August to 102.3 (2005=100) from 103.2 in July. It was for the fourth successive month of decline, but the decline was more moderate, 0.9%, compared with the 1.9%, 1.5% and 2.7% declines of [...]
- Global| Aug 21 2012
CBI Industrial Surveys Show Increased Pessimism among British Manufacturers
The British Confederation of Industries (CBI) conducts monthly and quarterly surveys of the Distributive Trades, the Industrial and the Service Industries.Data from the Monthly and Quarterly surveys of the Industrial Industries were [...]
- Global| Aug 21 2012
CBI Industrial Surveys Show Increased Pessimism among British Manufacturers
The British Confederation of Industries (CBI) conducts monthly and quarterly surveys of the Distributive Trades, the Industrial and the Service Industries.Data from the Monthly and Quarterly surveys of the Industrial Industries were [...]
- Global| Aug 14 2012
Flash Estimates of 2Q GDP Point to Recession in Europe. Germany's Financial Community Concurs
Flash Estimates of second quarter gross domestic product in the European Union and the Euro Area were released today and can be found in the data base, EUDATA. Both areas are expected to experience declines of 0.2% in the second [...]
- Global| Aug 14 2012
Flash Estimates of 2Q GDP Point to Recession in Europe. Germany's Financial Community Concurs
Flash Estimates of second quarter gross domestic product in the European Union and the Euro Area were released today and can be found in the data base, EUDATA. Both areas are expected to experience declines of 0.2% in the second [...]
- Global| Aug 14 2012
The Fall of the Euro
The Euro crisis has led to a good deal of upward pressure on currencies outside the Euro Area. Euro Area citizens have rushed to exchange their Euros for currencies considered to be safe havens, notably the United States dollar, the [...]
- Global| Aug 07 2012
Indonesia's Q2 GDP Good, But...
Indonesia is one of the brighter spots among the emerging economies of the far East. The year to year increase in GDP was 6.39% in the second quarter, up from 6.31% in the first quarter and second only to growth in China. The first [...]
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