Pessimism continues to outweigh optimism among business and consumers in the Euro Zone.The excess of consumers who were pessimistic over those who were optimistic remained at 13% in January, unchanged from December. In the business [...]
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Global| Jan 25 2005Consumer Confidence in the Euro Area Still at Low Levels: Italy a Bit Worse, The Netherlands a Bit Better
Italy and the Netherlands released indicators of consumer confidence data today. Italian consumers became a little less confident while the Dutch consumers became a little more confident. Neither group is particularlyoptimistic as can [...]
- Global| Jan 24 2005
New Orders for Manufacturing in Central and Eastern Europe Outpace Those in Western Europe
Eurostat announced that Industrial new orders for "manufacturing working on orders" in the Euro Zone increased by 1.8% from October to November. The phrase "manufacturing working on orders" refers to the following broad industries: [...]
- Global| Jan 18 2005
Canadian Business Outlook Survey Provides Food for Thought for The Bank of Canada's Interest Rate Meeting on January 25
The Bank of Canada released the findings of its Winter 2004-5 Business Outlook Survey today. The Survey is one of the inputs used by the Bank in its determinations of monetary policy that will be discussed at its next interest rate [...]
- Global| Jan 17 2005
Japanese Consumers' Confidence Declines
Consumer confidence in Japan declined in December to 44.3 from 47.9 in Novemberand was almost 10% below the peak reached in August of this year. It was also below consensus. The outlook for overall livelihood, income growth, [...]
- Global| Jan 17 2005
Japanese Consumers' Confidence Declines
Consumer confidence in Japan declined in December to 44.3 from 47.9 in Novemberand was almost 10% below the peak reached in August of this year. It was also below consensus. The outlook for overall livelihood, income growth, [...]
- Global| Jan 11 2005
German Analysts' and Institutional Investors' Confidence Measure (ZEW Index) Makes a Significant Rise
The January ZEW indicator of analysts' and institutional investors' confidence in Germany's economic prospects showed a significant rise from December. The optimists outweighed the pessimists by 26.9% in January, compared with a [...]
- Global| Jan 10 2005
A Big Merchandise Trade Deficit for Taiwan in December and a Reduced Surplus for the Year
Taiwan's deficit on merchandise trade rose to $1,326.1 million in December from $237.6 in November. These were the first two deficits since June of this year and December's deficit was the largest recorded in the period from January [...]
- Global| Jan 03 2005
India on a Strong Growth Trend before Tsunami Struck
Real gross domestic product in India rose 4.6% in the third quarter of 2004. So far this year, real output has averaged 7.5% over the same period of 2003. The quarterly data on India's gross domestic product are available only by [...]
- Global| Dec 21 2004
Italian Consumers More Pessimistic in December
After becoming more confident in each month from June through October, Italian consumers lost confidence in the last two months. Overall consumer confidence fell 0.38% in December after having fallen 1.61% in November. At a level of [...]
- Global| Dec 20 2004
Brazil Posts a Current Account Deficit in November, but Should Record a Big Surplus for the Year
Brazil reported a deficit of $242.2 million on its current account in November. However, for the eleven months of the year, there is a $10,564 million surplus. For the year as a whole Brazil is likely to chalk up a record surplus. For [...]
- Global| Dec 13 2004
British Manufacturers Expect Lower Volume of Output but Order Books and Expected Prices Improve
The latest survey of manufacturers in the United Kingdom by the CBI (Confederation of British Industries) shows a drop in the expected volume of output over the next three months. The balance between those firms that expect volume to [...]
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