The fourth quarter survey of industrial trends in the United Kingdom undertaken by the Confederation of Business Industries (CBI) revealed a sharp increase in pessimism among the 770 manufacturers participating in the survey. The CBI [...]
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Global| Oct 26 2004Pessimism Among U. K. Manufacturers Rises in the Fourth Quarter
- Global| Oct 25 2004
Germany's Ifo Index Surprises With a Small Improvement
Surprisingly the Munich based IFO Institute's index of the business appraisal of the German economic climate improved marginally in October to 95.3 from 95.2 (2000=100) in September. The consensus had predicted a decline to 94.8 and [...]
- Global| Oct 19 2004
September Industrial Production in Poland Up Strongly: Increases in Production in the New European Union Member [...]
Poland reported that the non seasonally adjusted index of industrial production in September was 9.25% above the year ago figure. The seasonally adjusted and working day adjusted data are not yet available, but the Haver seasonally [...]
- Global| Oct 18 2004
Employment in Japan Beginning to Show Improvement: Wage Growth Still Erratic
The improvement in economic activity in Japan is beginning to be seen in employment. Regular employment in all firms with 30 or more employees dipped slightly in August from July, but it was 0.21% over August of a year ago and was the [...]
- Global| Oct 12 2004
Investor Confidence in Germany Plunges: Does It Portend Worse to Come or Does It Reflect What Is Happening?
The ZEW index of sentiment among institutional investors and analysts declined 7.1 points from September to 31.3 in October and was 29 points below October of a year ago. It was also below its long term average of 34. There has been a [...]
- Global| Oct 11 2004
Gross Domestic Product in Singapore Declines 2.3% in Third Quarter
Singapore showed a decline at an annual rate of 2.3% in its seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product in the third quarter according to an advanced estimate. The consensus had expected a slowing of the rate of activity from the [...]
Unemployment in Germany continues to rise. According to the national definition, the unemployment rate rose to 10.7% in September, up 0.1 percentage point from August and 0.2 percentage points from September, 2003. The rate, which has [...]
- Global| Oct 04 2004
Diverse Trends in the Volume of Retail Sales Among European Countries
The overall volume of retail sales in Europe fell in August, but there were significantly different trends among the individual countries. The 12 country Euro zone showed a decline of 1.34% from July and one of 0.31% from August,2003. [...]
- Global| Sep 28 2004
Dutch Consumer Confidence Falls Slightly While Producer Confidence Rises Slightly: Both Are Well Above the Lows of 2003
Consumer confidence among Dutch consumers fell to -22 in September from -19 in August. Consumers became less willing to purchase goods as the balance of those willing to purchase goods went to -20 from -17 in August. At the same time, [...]
- Global| Sep 27 2004
Germany Business Confidence Falls Slightly in September: Retailers Particularly Pessimistic
German business confidence declined slightly in September. The Munich based IFO institute's confidence index (2000=100) fell to 95.3 in August to 95.2 in September, but was 2.37% above September, 2003. There was a slight improvement [...]
- Global| Sep 21 2004
Another Sign of a Good Third Quarter for Canada: Strong Retail Sales Growth in July
July retail sales in Canada increased at an annual rate of 5.54%, indicating continued strength in the economy and reinforcing the trend set by earlier reports of strong advances in manufacturing activity. New and used vehicles and [...]
- Global| Sep 20 2004
Employment in Hong Kong Continues to Shift from Manufacturing and Construction to Services
Data on the industrial composition of employment in Hong Kong were released today. Although these data refer only to the second quarter of the year, in contrast to the more up-to-date overall data that Carol Stone commented on last [...]
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