Swedish consumers and business leaders are maintaining extraordinary levels of confidence this summer, although the National Institute for Economic Research monthly survey results did ease a bit for August, reported today. The total [...]
Global| Aug 29 2007
Confidence Measures in Sweden Hover Near All-Time Highs
Global| Aug 29 2007
World Liquidity
A look at global money and credit trends should be somewhat reassuring to those worried about the recent stock market downturn. Evidence shows that year/year money growth in countries/regions all around the globe had been quite [...]
Global| Aug 29 2007
Confidence Measures in Sweden Hover Near All-Time Highs
Swedish consumers and business leaders are maintaining extraordinary levels of confidence this summer, although the National Institute for Economic Research monthly survey results did ease a bit for August, reported today. The total [...]
The results of the IFO August survey of the opinions of industrialists, wholesalers and retail traders show that while business is slightly more confident about the current situation, it is somewhat less confident about the six [...]
Global| Aug 28 2007
French Housing Starts Jump
In France home construction is being stimulated by new tax rules. The new fiscal incentives allow home-buyers to deduct 40% of their mortgage interest payments from taxable income during the first year of contracts signed after May 6 [...]
Global| Aug 28 2007
U.S. Weekly Chain Store Sales Up, Gasoline Prices Down
The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)-UBS survey reported that chain store sales increased 0.3% last week and made up the 0.3% decline during the week prior. Chain store sales this month are 0.2% ahead of the July [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Aug 28 2007
Consumer Confidence Fell
Consumer confidence in August fell according to the Conference Board Survey by 6.2%. The decline retraced all of the July increase of 6.3%. Confidence fell to the lowest level in a year. The present conditions reading similarly fell a [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
The results of the IFO August survey of the opinions of industrialists, wholesalers and retail traders show that while business is slightly more confident about the current situation, it is somewhat less confident about the six [...]
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