Economy in Brief: January 2005

Unit sales of light vehicles jumped 12.3% to 18.40M in December, the first m/m gain in three months. The jump was to the highest selling rate in over two years. Consensus expectations had been for sales of 16.9M. Sales of light trucks [...]

Chain store sales added 0.2% to the 2.7% surge during Christmas week, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)-UBS survey. The addition of a high sales level to the average raised the December figure 0.5% [...]

Factory orders surged 1.2% last month, although the advance report of a 1.6% jump in durables orders was revised down somewhat. The advance report of a 1.8% surge in nondefense capital goods orders less aircraft was revised to 0.8%. [...]

Factory orders surged 1.2% last month, although the advance report of a 1.6% jump in durables orders was revised down somewhat. The advance report of a 1.8% surge in nondefense capital goods orders less aircraft was revised to 0.8%. [...]

Factory orders surged 1.2% last month, although the advance report of a 1.6% jump in durables orders was revised down somewhat. The advance report of a 1.8% surge in nondefense capital goods orders less aircraft was revised to 0.8%. [...]

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 [...]

The total value of construction put in place slipped 0.4% in November versus the Consensus expectation for a 0.5% rise. Private residential building activity fell 0.6% due to a 0.7% (+10.7% y/y) decline in new single family building. [...]