The Conference Board's August index of Consumer Confidence posted a 1.9% m/m increase to 105.6 following a 2.4% July decline that was shallower than initially reported. Consensus expectations had been for a decline to 101.4 in [...]
- Global| Aug 30 2005
Consumer Confidence Posted Surprising Increase
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 29 2005
UK: GDP Data Confirm Recent Slowdown in Growth; Index of Distribution Confirms Long Run Shift in Production & [...]
Last Friday, second quarter data for GDP and monthly data for the June Index of Distribution in the United Kingdom were released. The GDP data confirmed the slowdown in growth that has taken place over the past year. Real growth, on a [...]
- Global| Aug 29 2005
ECRI Leading Index Suggests Economic Growth
The leading index of the US economy published weekly by the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) stuttered in the last two periods but failed to reverse the sharp improvement in the measure since the low this past May. Since the [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 29 2005
ECRI Leading Index Suggests Economic Growth
The leading index of the US economy published weekly by the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) stuttered in the last two periods but failed to reverse the sharp improvement in the measure since the low this past May. Since the [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Aug 26 2005
Energy Prices: Gasoline High, Natural Gas Takes Surprising Jump, Too
Perhaps it's not necessary to document energy prices so, ah, graphically. But their changes have been dramatic, and the reaction of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey (see above) is probably just the first obvious [...]
- Global| Aug 26 2005
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops Further in Final August Report
The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment for August was revised markedly in the final report issued this morning. Forecasters, already surprised by a decrease of 3.8 points in the preliminary figure, expected that level [...]
- Global| Aug 26 2005
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops Further in Final August Report
The University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment for August was revised markedly in the final report issued this morning. Forecasters, already surprised by a decrease of 3.8 points in the preliminary figure, expected that level [...]
- Global| Aug 25 2005
German IFO Index Decreases in August, But Expectations Edge Higher
The German IFO Business Climate survey deteriorated anew this month after a hopeful improvement in July. The Business Climate Index eased to 94.6 (2000=100) from July's 95.0; forecasts had called for it to edge upward instead, to [...]
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