The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell to 79.7 this month versus 81.8 during August, last month reported as 81.5. The level of the confidence index peaked at 82.1 in June. Consensus expectations were for a decline to [...]
Global| Sep 24 2013
U.S. Consumer Confidence Declines To Lowest Since May
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Sep 24 2013
U.S. Case-Shiller Home Price Index Increase Slows Again
The rate of home price inflation is continuing to ease. The seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller 20 City Home Price Index rose 0.6% in July (12.4% y/y) following two months of 0.9% increase. It was the fourth consecutive month of lessened [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Sep 24 2013
German Ifo Improves...But Barely
Germany's Ifo business climate gauge rose to 8 in September from 7.7 in August, marking its sixth straight monthly increase. The all-sector climate gauge sits in the 81.4 percentile of its historic queue implying that it's higher than [...]
Global| Sep 23 2013
EMU Services Sector Drives Recovery- But Where To?
The overall PMI metric for the European Monetary Union (EMU) improved in September on the back of a significant improvement in the services sector. The services diffusion reading moved up to 52.12 in September from 51.0 in August. In [...]
Global| Sep 23 2013
U.S. Chicago Fed National Activity Index Improves
The Chicago Federal Reserve indicated that its National Activity Index (CFNAI) jumped last month. The August reading of 0.14 was the first positive figure in six months. There were, however, qualifiers regarding the degree of [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Sep 20 2013
U.S. State Unemployment Rates Move Lower
The overall U.S. unemployment rate moved declined last month to 7.3%. While the rate's improvement was widespread, it continued to reflect great variation amongst individual states. Nevada continued to be at the high end of the [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Sep 20 2013
U.S. State Unemployment Rates Move Lower
The overall U.S. unemployment rate declined last month to 7.3%. While the rate's improvement was widespread, it continued to reflect great variation amongst individual states. Nevada continued to be at the high end of the jobless [...]
by:Tom Moeller
|in:Economy in Brief
Global| Sep 20 2013
Lethargy Marks Italian Trade Trends
Italy's trade picture has improved relatively sharply. Its trade position has been moving strongly into surplus over more than a year now. Over the last two months, however, the improvement in the trade trend has abated somewhat as [...]
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