Economy in Brief: 2015

The U.S. Treasury Department reported a $136.5 billion budget deficit during October, deeper than the $121.7 billion deficit twelve months earlier A $127.5 billion deficit had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. [...]

The job openings rate rose to 3.7% during September from 3.6% during August. The latest figure compared to 3.2% one year earlier and remained near the highest level of the economic recovery. The private sector job openings rate of [...]

Euro Zone IP fell by 0.3% in September after dropping by 0.4% in August. Manufacturing IP also has been falling for two consecutive months. Although the EMU-Area MFG PMI is above the "boom-bust- line" of 50, IP in the Zone is falling. [...]

Initial claims for unemployment insurance held steady during the week ended November 7 at 276,000 (-6.1% y/y). The prior week's level was unrevised and the highest since the last week of September. The Action Economics Forecast Survey [...]

The job openings rate rose to 3.7% during September from 3.6% during August. The latest figure compared to 3.2% one year earlier and remained near the highest level of the economic recovery. The private sector job openings rate of [...]

The job openings rate rose to 3.7% during September from 3.6% during August. The latest figure compared to 3.2% one year earlier and remained near the highest level of the economic recovery. The private sector job openings rate of [...]

Lackluster performance within the factory sector has left industrial commodity prices under pressure. The industrial commodity price index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) deteriorated by [...]

Money supply growth in Japan steadied in October as M2 was up 0.2% after being flat in September and up by 0.5% in August. M3 growth was up by 0.1% and M1 growth gained 0.4% in October, but both series slowed compared to August only [...]