Economy in Brief

The National Association of Home Builders reported that their index of housing market activity improved to 16 this month from a downwardly revised 15 in October. The figure remained above the all-time low reached in January of last [...]

The capital goods sector of the economy raised industrial output last month. The headline figure of no-change in October industrial production owed to a 3.4% decline in utility output. Three-month growth in output overall dropped to [...]

The 277 financial analysts and institutional investors who participated in the November ZEW survey have become more optimistic than their counterparts in October about the prospects for Germany and the whole Euro Area. The balance of [...]

Other than energy prices, inflation is tame. So often observed, it could be considered humdrum. For last month, however, it's an appropriate way to describe producer pricing power. The U.S. Producer Price Index for finished goods rose [...]

Other than energy prices, inflation is tame. So often observed, it could be considered humdrum. For last month, however, it's an appropriate way to describe producer pricing power. The U.S. Producer Price Index for finished goods rose [...]

While the pace of the German economy slowed in the third quarter of this year, the pace of employment rose. Total employment was 40,432 thousand in the third quarter, compared with 40,350 thousand in the second quarter. In the [...]

In the wake of the G-20 summit, a turbulent wake that has rocked many boats and leaves them pitching and yawing in the open sea and still at great peril, the EMU has released its Zone-wide trade figures and guess what? The Zone is in [...]

In an abrupt turnaround, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that its November Empire State Factory Index of General Business Conditions fell to -11.14, the first negative reading in over one year. The figure was well short [...]