India's real gross domestic product rose 6.1% in the second quarter from the second quarter of 2008, up from the 5.8% year over year growth in the first quarter. It was the first acceleration in growth since the fourth quarter of 2007 [...]
- Global| Aug 31 2009
Several Indices of Midwest Economic Activity Improve; August PMI Moves To Break-Even
Middle America finally appears to be emerging from its sharp recession. Reporting this morning, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Association indicated that its August Business Barometer Index rose to 50, at the break-even level for the [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 31 2009
Several Indices of MidwestEconomic Activity Improve; August PMI Moves To Break-Even
Middle America finally appears to be emerging from its sharp recession. Reporting this morning, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Association indicated that its August Business Barometer Index rose to 50, at the break-even level for the [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 28 2009
EU Commission Indices Surprise: Show a Real Turn Is in Progress
The EU Commission indices kicked out the jams this month with increases that left the economic forecasts standing in the dust wondering what happened. The overall commission sentiment index made its largest jump since at least 1988l [...]
- Global| Aug 28 2009
U.S. Personal Income Steadies in July after June Drop; PCE Shows First Effect of "Cash-for-Clunkers"
Personal income in July was almost exactly equalto June's amount, $11,957.4 billion versus $11,953.6 billion. While transfer payments and dividends decreased, this report includes the first increase in wages and salaries since last [...]
- Global| Aug 28 2009
U.S. Personal Income Steadies in July after June Drop; PCE Shows First Effect of "Cash-for-Clunkers"
Personal income in July was almost exactly equalto June's amount, $11,957.4 billion versus $11,953.6 billion. While transfer payments and dividends decreased, this report includes the first increase in wages and salaries since last [...]
- Global| Aug 27 2009
Money Supplies Surge...Or Do They?
The chart exhibits growth rates for money presented in national currency terms for several key countries. The table produces the same data with some different horizons for calculation. In the chart’s lower panel, the various series [...]
- Global| Aug 27 2009
Q2 GDP Unrevised on Net at 1.0% Fall; Hesitant Profits Recovery Continues
The pace of real GDP change was unchanged in today's report from the Commerce Department, which showed a 1.0% rate of decline. Inventories were revised lower but offset in the GDP tally by a smaller decline in domestic final sales and [...]
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