Economy in Brief: November 2010

The 277 financial analysts and institutional investors who participated in the November ZEW survey have become more optimistic than their counterparts in October about the prospects for Germany and the whole Euro Area. The balance of [...]

Other than energy prices, inflation is tame. So often observed, it could be considered humdrum. For last month, however, it's an appropriate way to describe producer pricing power. The U.S. Producer Price Index for finished goods rose [...]

Other than energy prices, inflation is tame. So often observed, it could be considered humdrum. For last month, however, it's an appropriate way to describe producer pricing power. The U.S. Producer Price Index for finished goods rose [...]

While the pace of the German economy slowed in the third quarter of this year, the pace of employment rose. Total employment was 40,432 thousand in the third quarter, compared with 40,350 thousand in the second quarter. In the [...]

In the wake of the G-20 summit, a turbulent wake that has rocked many boats and leaves them pitching and yawing in the open sea and still at great peril, the EMU has released its Zone-wide trade figures and guess what? The Zone is in [...]

In an abrupt turnaround, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that its November Empire State Factory Index of General Business Conditions fell to -11.14, the first negative reading in over one year. The figure was well short [...]

Businesses during September continued their earlier effort to lift inventories. The 0.9% rise in inventories followed a like August gain which was revised up from 0.6%. The increases confirm the 1.4 percentage point contribution to [...]

The consumer indicated that despite a generally cautious mood, wallets were opened last month. Retail spending rose 1.2% during October following a 0.7% increase that was revised from 0.6%. The last was higher than expectations for a [...]