According to the recent April report of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in regards to the oil market, the OPEC oil production slightly rose during March 2012 compared with February oil production levels. This rise was mainly due…
The U.S. labor force didn’t rise as many had anticipated during March: according to the recent U.S. employment report, which was published today, April 6th by the Bureau of Labor Statistics the number of non-farm employees increased by 120,000. The…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau published its monthly report on the changes in U.S. durable goods manufactures’ shipments, inventories and orders during February 2012 – according to this report, orders of durable goods and capital goods rose during last month…
Following the rise in the U.S consumer confidence index during February, this index changed direction and decreased in March. According to the recent U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index declined in March compared with February’s index: The index…
According to the recent U.S. pending homes sales report, which was published today, the real estate market has changed direction as pending home sales edged down during February 2012; alternatively the February 2012 U.S. pending home sales index was still…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau updated on the number of new homes sales in the U.S during February 2012: new homes sales slightly declined again compared with the number of homes sold during January 2012. According to the recent report,…
There are reports that Saudi Arabia will raise its oil production in case the situation between Iran and the West will further escalate. Will Saudi Arabia come through on this promise? And more importantly, will it keep the crude oil…
The U.S real estate market slowed down in February the U.S. existing homes sales rate moderately decreased during February 2012 by 0.9%; this news comes after it was reported yesterday that there was a slight drop in housing starts during…
According to this month’s U.S. Census Bureau report regarding the new residential construction statistics for February 2012 there was a slight decrease in housing starts but a rise in building permits. Privately owned Housing starts decreased in February 2012: the…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published today the recent report of the U.S inflation for February 2012. According to the report the consumer price index rose by 0.4% and in annual terms the US CPI increased by 2.9%. The consumer…