Economy in Brief: September 2006

Instead of expectations of a modest decline in July, private machinery orders excluding ships and utilities (Headline Series) in Japan fell by 16.7% from June. This was the largest drop in this volatile series over the past five and [...]

The Leading Index of the major 7 OECD economies fell 0.3% in July for the second consecutive month and it was the third monthly decline in a row. The index's six month growth rate dropped to 0.8%, the lowest in a year. During the last [...]

The Leading Index of the major 7 OECD economies fell 0.3% in July for the second consecutive month and it was the third monthly decline in a row. The index's six month growth rate dropped to 0.8%, the lowest in a year. During the last [...]

We hear so much about the development of industry in various Asian nations that it's sometimes easy to think that industry elsewhere is shriveling up and fading away. This is hardly the case, as a quick look at new production data for [...]

In August, Canadian labor markets extended into a third month their correction of the May employment spike, as shown in StatCan data reported this morning. Employment fell by 16,000 in August, after two consecutive decreases of 5,000. [...]

US light vehicle sales last month reversed all of July's revised gain and fell 6.5% to 16.07M units, according to the Autodata Corporation. During the first eight months of this year vehicle sales averaged 16.63M, down 4.3% from the [...]

US light vehicle sales last month reversed all of July's revised gain and fell 6.5% to 16.07M units, according to the Autodata Corporation. During the first eight months of this year vehicle sales averaged 16.63M, down 4.3% from the [...]

Initial claims for jobless insurance fell 7,000 last week to 310,000 from an upwardly revised level during the last full week of August. Consensus expectations had been for 315,000 claims. During the last ten years there has been a [...]