Japan's third quarter growth in Gross Domestic Product is likely to decline and could even be slightly negative according to the Cabinet Office of Japan 's monthly Synthetic Indexes. The monthly synthetic indexes, which cover [...]
Global| Oct 31 2005
Chicago Purchasing Agents' Index Again Rose Unexpectedly
For the second consecutive month, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Business Barometer improved unexpectedly. The October Business Barometer rose to 62.9 after a huge gain in September and easily outpaced Consensus expectations for a [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Oct 31 2005
U.S. Personal Income Lifted By Insurance Payments
Insurance payments following hurricanes Katrina and Rita rose $120B (AR) and lifted personal income by 1.7% in September after a 0.9% August decline that was much deeper than initially reported. It was the largest monthly increase in [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Oct 31 2005
U.S. Personal Income Lifted By Insurance Payments
Insurance payments following hurricanes Katrina and Rita rose $120B (AR) and lifted personal income by 1.7% in September after a 0.9% August decline that was much deeper than initially reported. It was the largest monthly increase in [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Oct 28 2005
World Inflation Apparently No Worse in October
Inflation appears to be no worse for October than it was in September, according to very preliminary data released today and, for Germany, this past Tuesday. The overall Euro-Zone harmonized CPI (HICP) "Flash" was up 2.5% on the year [...]
Global| Oct 28 2005
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Lowest Since 1992
The October reading of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan settled at 74.2. That was down marginally from the mid-month reading of 75.4 but it was down 3.5% from September which fell 13.7% from August. Consensus [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Oct 28 2005
Employment Cost Index Boosted By Benefit Costs
The employment cost index for private industry workers rose 0.8% last quarter. The increase was up from the 0.6% 2Q gain and equaled Consensus expectations.Year to year, the ECI's gain of 3.0% was the slowest since early 1999. Benefit [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Oct 28 2005
US 3Q GDP Grew 3.8%
US real GDP grew 3.8% (AR) last quarter and slightly beat Consensus expectations for 3.6% growth. That strength versus 3.3% growth during 2Q '05 came despite an unspecified subtraction (perhaps 0.2 percentage points) due to Hurricanes [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
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