Today, the U.S. non-manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. non-manufacturing PMI reached 52.6% in December. The U.S. non-manufacturing PMI, which is an index that estimates the economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, grew for the 25th consecutive…
According to the recent Eurostat report the Euro Area inflation rate slightly slipped by 0.2 percent points to reach an annual inflation rate of 3% in December 2011. This decline comes despite the recent cuts in the ECB’s interest rates.…
Today the U.S. Manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. Manufacturing PMI growth rate rose again to 53.9% during December. The U.S. Manufacturing PMI – an index that presents the economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector, rose for…
According to the last U.S. pending homes sales report the market continues to rally as there was another increase in pending home sales during November 2011; the November 2011 U.S. pending home sales index was also well above the November…
Following the rise in the U.S consumer confidence index during November, this index inclined again in December. According to the recent U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index rose in December compared with November’s index: The index reached in…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau updated on the number of new homes sales in the U.S during November 2011: new homes sales slightly rose again compared to October. According to the recent report, during November 2011 the annual rate of…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau published its monthly report on U.S. durable goods manufactures’ shipments, inventories and orders for November 2011 – according to the report, orders of durable goods and capital goods rose during last month compared to October.…
The bureau of economic analysis published today its third and final estimate of the growth rate of the U.S. GDP in the third quarter of 2011: According to the report, the growth rate of the real U.S GDP 2011 in…
The U.S existing homes sales rate continue to rally and slightly rose in November 2011 by 4%; this news coincides with the recent sharp gains in the housing starts, which was announced yesterday. According to the recent report of the…
According to this month’s U.S. Census Bureau report of the new residential construction statistics for November 2011 there was a sharp gain in building permits and housing starts. Privately owned Housing starts sharply increased in November 2011 as the seasonally adjusted…