The retail price for a gallon of regular gasoline fell ten cents last week to $3.96 per gallon, according to the U.S. Department of Energy survey. That added to a five cent decline during the prior week and reduced prices to their [...]
- Global| Jul 29 2008
U.S. Gasoline Prices Down Again With Lower Crude Costs
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Jul 29 2008
Case-Shiller Home Price Index Down 15.8%
During May the S&P/Case-Shiller Composite 20 home price index fell 1.3% from April. The index was revised up slightly for April but it has fallen during each month since July 2006. Since then prices have fallen 18.4% and by 15.8% [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Jul 29 2008
Consumer Confidence Ticked Up During July
Consumer confidence, as reported by the Conference Board, ticked up this month by 1.8% after having dropped a revised 12.2% m/m during June. The rise contrasted with Consensus expectations for a moderate decline and it was the first [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Jul 28 2008
Italy's Retail Sector Hits the Skids
Italy’s retail sector is in a bad way. Consumer sentiment ad retail spending usually mark one another pretty well. Right now both series are telling a dismal story about the Italian consumer. The recent drop-of in spending is severe, [...]
- Global| Jul 28 2008
UK Real Estate Agents Report Declines In House Prices And More Difficulties In Making A Sale
The United Kingdom's Hometrack Survey reports local market information compiled by real estate agents around England and Wales. The agents report on house prices, the ratio of the sales price to the asking price, the number of weeks [...]
- Global| Jul 28 2008
UK Real Estate Agents ReportDeclines In House Prices And More Difficulties In Making A Sale
The United Kingdom's Hometrack Survey reports local market information compiled by real estate agents around England and Wales. The agents report on house prices, the ratio of the sales price to the asking price, the number of weeks [...]
- Global| Jul 25 2008
Michigan Consumer Sentiment Better Than Expected in July
The University of Michigan's July reading of consumer sentiment rose 8.5% from June, an improvement from the read for early July which showed a 0.4% uptick versus the June average. The rise beat Consensus expectations for a reading of [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Jul 25 2008
U.S. New-Home Sales Dipped in June, Decline Stabilizing?
Sales new single-family homes in June dipped 0.6% to 530,000. The fall added to a 1.7% drop during May that was a much shallower decline than initially reported. The level of sales in June was down 61.8% from the July 2005 peak. [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
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