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Economy in Brief
UK Consumer Sentiment Hits Lowest Reading since 1996
(when the GFK survey began; also lowest reading 'ever')
Of these 13 readings eight of them declined on the month in May three of them improved and two of them were unchanged...
U.S. Existing Home Sales Continue to Fall in April as Houses Become Less Affordable
The combination of soaring home prices across the nation and rising interest rates is making homes less affordable...
U.S. Index of Leading Indicators Fell in April
Five of the index's components fell in April, one was unchanged and four increased...
U.S. Unemployment Claims Rose in the Latest Week
The state insured rates of unemployment in regular programs vary widely...
CBI Gauge in the UK Continues to Be Upbeat
The global economy has a lot of challenges...
Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
Profits and Margins Plunge In Q1: Expect More Margin Contraction As Fed Squeezes Inflation
The Many Links of Inflation Cycle: Hard Landing Is Needed to Crack Them
Peak Inflation and Fed Policy: A Relationship which Should Worry the Fed and Scare Investors
Why Have the Yields on TIPS Been Negative in the Past Two Years?
| · All main sectors in Germany are showing a loss in momentum in July…· Germany’s services sector has sharply tailed off in July as all sectors except construction ease in July. Construction and retail remain as the main lagging sectors with readings in each of these sectors in more moderate positions of the historic ranges. The overall and MFG pictures still show readings in the 90th range percentiles. The services sector is in the 85th percentile; wholesaling is in the 75th percentile. In short the IFO survey shows some but small and creeping erosion in Germany. We may be better able to pin it out when the IFO provides the details in about a week’s time. For now the weakness in the service sector is leading the drop off an erosion that does not help us to name the culprit doing the damage to the outlook or to current conditions. |
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| Current | Last Mo | Since Jan 1991* | ||||||
| Jul-07 | Jun-07 | average | Median | Max | Min | range | % range | |
| All Sectors | 12.0 | 13.2 | -8.8 | -9.5 | 16.6 | -30.6 | 47.2 | 90.3% |
| MFG | 23.5 | 23.9 | -1.1 | 0.3 | 27.5 | -35.5 | 63.0 | 93.7% |
| Construction | -15.3 | -16.1 | -29.3 | -32.2 | 0.3 | -50.7 | 51.0 | 69.4% |
| Wholesale | 8.1 | 14.2 | -14.8 | -16.5 | 23.3 | -39.6 | 62.9 | 75.8% |
| Retail | -5.4 | -5.0 | -14.9 | -14.8 | 21.2 | -40.2 | 61.4 | 56.7% |
| Services | 22.0 | 26.0 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 28.5 | -15.7 | 44.2 | 85.3% |
| * May 2001 for Services | ||||||||
