The U.S. labor force grew again during November: according to the recent U.S. employment report, which was published today, December 2nd by the Bureau of Labor Statistics the number of non-farm employees grew by 120,000. The growth in employment was…
Today the U.S. Manufacturing ISM report was published and the U.S. Manufacturing PMI rose to 52.7% during November. The U.S. Manufacturing PMI – an index that presents the economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector, rose for the 28th consecutive…
The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the top European Countries will convene today, Thursday December 1st in Brussels and will decide whether to impose sanctions on Iran including an embargo on Iranian oil. The escalation in the relation between Iran and…
According to the last U.S. pending homes sales report the downward trend in this market has changed direction and there was a sharp increase in pending home sales during October 2011, and the October 2011 U.S. pending home sales index…
Following the slight decline in the U.S consumer confidence index during October, this index rallied in November. According to the last U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index bounced back in November compared with October’s index: The index reached…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau updated on the number of new homes sales in the U.S during October 2011: new homes sales rose compared to September. According to the recent report, during October 2011 the annual rate of number of…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau published its monthly report on U.S. durable goods manufactures’ shipments, inventories and orders for October 2011 – the report showed a further decline in orders of durable goods and in capital goods compared to September.…
I think it didn’t surprise anyone that the Super-Committee failed to reach an agreement among its members to cut at least $1.5 trillion from the Federal Budget over the next decade. This failure and the low expectations from this Super-Committee…
The bureau of economic analysis published yesterday its second estimate of U.S. GDP 2011 third quarter of 2011: According to the report, the growth rate of the real U.S GDP 2011 in the third quarter of 2011 was revised down…
The U.S existing homes sales rate changed direction and slightly rose in October 2011 by 1.4%; this news comes despite the recent falls in the housing starts report. According to the recent report of the Realtors’ organization, the annual rate…