Economy in Brief

Kazakhstan, strategic for its oil and natural gas reserves, has lately been in the news with the visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to the White House and, more recently, with the attractiveness of its high yielding investment [...]

In September, small business optimism more than recovered the prior month's decline. A 3.6% increase lifted the index to the highest level since April, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). During the [...]

In September, small business optimism more than recovered the prior month's decline. A 3.6% increase lifted the index to the highest level since April, according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). During the [...]

A diverse group of countries reported Industrial Production data for August. Most important was that of Germany, the largest European economy. The other reporting countries were relatively small nations among the emerging economies of [...]

The Leading Index of the major 7 OECD economies slipped another 0.1% during August after 0.2% declines during the prior two months, revised slightly shallower from the earlier reports. August was, however, the fourth consecutive month [...]

The Leading Index of the major 7 OECD economies slipped another 0.1% during August after 0.2% declines during the prior two months, revised slightly shallower from the earlier reports. August was, however, the fourth consecutive month [...]

Three Central and Eastern European nations reported September CPI data today. There are hints throughout of easing inflation pressures, although these performances remain uneven. In Estonia, the CPI, seasonally adjusted by Haver [...]

Nonfarm payrolls last month rose just 51,000. The gain fell well below Consensus expectations for a 121,000 rise and the increase was the slowest since last October, when Hurricane Katrina hit the jobs figures. Salvaging the dim [...]