Economy in Brief: 2012

A diverse group of five countries reported August Industrial Production data over the last couple of days. They were Indonesia, Turkey, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Their Industrial Production data are shown in the [...]

With growth in the e-Zone under pressure and evidence that weakness has spread to the core zone nations German industrial output has contracted in August, falling by 0.5%. Output is down over 12-months by 1.4% but it registers [...]

The National Federation of Independent Business indicated that its September Index of Small Business Optimism slipped to 92.8 from 92.9 in August. The Q3 average of 92.3 was its lowest this year. Recent weakness was led by fewer firms [...]

The OECD's August Composite Leading Indicators, (CLIs) published today and shown in the Haver data base, OECDMEI, are further evidence of the world wide slow down in economic activity. There were declines in the composite leading [...]

Lenders accommodated consumers' borrowing needs during August. Consumer credit surged $18.1B following a revised $2.5B July decline according to Federal Reserve figures released late on Friday. The Action Economics survey consensus [...]

Labor market improvement is continuing. Nonfarm payrolls grew 114,000 during September following revised gains of 142,000 and 181,000 during the prior two months, earlier reported as 96,000 and 141,000, respectively. A 120,000 [...]

Labor market improvement is continuing. Nonfarm payrolls grew 114,000 during September following revised gains of 142,000 and 181,000 during the prior two months, earlier reported as 96,000 and 141,000, respectively. A 120,000 [...]

The outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that 33,816 job cuts were announced during September, up 4.9% from August but down by nearly three-quarters versus September 2011. Job cut announcements rose in the [...]