Category: News by Region

Natural Gas – Weekly Recap January 7-11

Natural gas (short term delivery) started off the week falling but then changed course and rallied on the last couple of days of the week on account of the higher draw from storage than many had anticipated. According to the…

Is the Euro Area on its way to recovery?

As many had anticipated the ECB left the Euro interest rate unchanged at 0.75%. In the recent ECB monetary policy meeting Mario Draghi stated there are still challenges the EU will have to face but it may start to show…

U.S. Manufacturing PMI Index Rose to 50.7% in December

Yesterday, the U.S. Manufacturing ISM report was published; according to the latest report, the U.S. Manufacturing PMI index bounced back and rose to 50.7% during December 2012. The U.S. Manufacturing PMI is an index estimates the economic development of the…

Natural Gas Price– Weekly Recap December 24-28

Natural gas (short term delivery) changed direction and rallied on the last couple of days of the week, after they had declined at the beginning of the week. According to the recent EIA report, the NG storage declined by 72…

U.S. New Home Sales Rose in November 2012

Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau reported (opens pdf) on the developments in number of new homes sold in the U.S during November 2012: the number of new homes sales rose compared with the number of new homes sold during October…

U.S GDP Q3 2012 Revised Up to 3.1%

The bureau of economic analysis published today December 20th its final estimate of the growth rate of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product for the third quarter of 2012 and a third estimate for corporate profits. According to the recent update,…

Philly Fed Index Bounced Back to 8.1 in December

Today, the twelfth survey of 2012 for the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index for December was published. This survey projects the U.S. manufacturing conditions. According to the recent update the conditions have improved. Further, the index turned positive; the Philly Fed…