Economy in Brief

The U.S. foreign trade deficit deepened unexpectedly in December to $61.2B from a little revised $58.1B during November. The figure compared to Consensus expectations for a deficit of $59.6B. For the year, the trade deficit deepened [...]

The U.S. foreign trade deficit deepened unexpectedly in December to $61.2B from a little revised $58.1B during November. The figure compared to Consensus expectations for a deficit of $59.6B. For the year, the trade deficit deepened [...]

China is one of the first countries to announce its monthly trade data. Selected trade data on a seasonally unadjusted basis for January were released today. In each year since 2001 the unadjusted data on the trade balance have shown [...]

The U.S. federal government ran a surplus of $38.2B during January, nearly double the surplus of $21B during January 2006. The monthly figure was near Consensus expectations for a surplus of $40B. Analysts' forecasts of the Federal [...]

Announced job cuts reported by Challenger, Grey & Christmas in January rose 15.2% to 62,975 and reversed about half of the prior month's decline. The three month moving average of layoff announcements nevertheless declined to 64,797, [...]

The U.S. federal government ran a surplus of $38.2B during January, nearly double the surplus of $21B during January 2006. The monthly figure was near Consensus expectations for a surplus of $40B. Analysts' forecasts of the Federal [...]

The Leading Index of the major 7 OECD economies rose 0.2% in December after a like gain during November. The index's six-month growth rate for December was 1.2%, up from 1.1% reported a month ago. There were scattered minor revisions [...]

The Leading Index of the major 7 OECD economies rose 0.2% in December after a like gain during November. The index's six-month growth rate for December was 1.2%, up from 1.1% reported a month ago. There were scattered minor revisions [...]