Following the decline in the U.S consumer confidence index during January, this index changed direction and increased in February. According to the recent U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index rose in February compared with January’s index: The index…
According to the U.S. pending homes sales report, which was published yesterday, the real estate market has changed direction as pending home sales rose during January 2012; furthermore the January 2012 U.S. pending home sales index was well above the…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau updated on the number of new homes sales in the U.S during January 2012: new homes sales slightly declined again compared with December. According to the recent report, during January 2012 the annual rate of…
The U.S real estate market continues to rally as the U.S. existing homes sales rate increased during January 2012 by 4.3%; this news coincides with the recent rise in the housing starts. According to the recent report of the Realtors’…
As many had anticipated, the EU finance ministers approved today the second bailout of €130 billion for Greece. This bailout came after many hours of deliberations and after the EU finance ministers impeded their approval since last week. What does…
According to the recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S inflation for January 2012 slightly rose by 0.2% and in annual terms the US inflation rose by 2.9%. The consumer price index without food and energy also…
According to the latest producer price index report, which was published today, the PPI for finished goods slightly increased by 0.1% January compared with December. This report serves as an indicator for the direction of the U.S core CPI to…
Today, the second survey of 2012 for the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index regarding February came out: this survey suggests the U.S. manufacturing conditions continued to expand and at a slightly faster pace in February; the Philly Fed index increased from…
According to this month’s U.S. Census Bureau report regarding the new residential construction statistics for January 2012 there was a slight increase in housing starts and building permits. Privately owned Housing starts increased in January 2012: the seasonally adjusted annual…
Retails and foods services sales slightly rose again in January 2012 compared with December 2011’s sales, and were also above the sales at January 2011. The U.S. Department of Commerce issued its monthly report on the change in the U.S.…