Economy in Brief

The Chicago Federal Reserve reported that its National Activity Index (CFNAI) during July jumped to 0.34 from -0.07 in June, revised from 0.08. The rise to the highest level since last November pulled the three-month moving average to [...]

Finland's PPI was flat in July, but it is still falling at a 2.3% annual rate over three months. The index was up at a 2.1% pace over six months but lower by 1.1% over 12 months. Finland continues to experience downward prices [...]

Global economic weakness is causing a pronounced decline in industrial commodity prices. The industrial commodity price index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) deteriorated last month by [...]

Global economic weakness is causing a pronounced decline in industrial commodity prices. The industrial commodity price index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) deteriorated last month by [...]

Global economic weakness is causing a pronounced decline in industrial commodity prices. The industrial commodity price index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) deteriorated last month by [...]

Global economic weakness is causing a pronounced decline in industrial commodity prices. The industrial commodity price index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) deteriorated last month by [...]

The euro area showed some progress for its private sector in August. The EMU PMI advanced to 54.1 from July's 53.9. It's hardly a rousing gain, but it keeps some sense of upward momentum in the indicator. In August the EMU [...]

The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank reported that its General Factory Sector Business Conditions Index for August improved to 8.3 following an unrevised decline to 5.7 in July. Expectations were for 6.5 in the Action Economics [...]