According to the recent Eurostat report, the Euro Area seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 10% during July 2011 – the same rate as in June 2011, but slightly lower than the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July 2011,…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau published its monthly report on US new durable goods manufactures’ shipments, inventories and orders for July 2011 – the report showed an increase in orders of durable goods and capital goods compared with June’s rate.…
Today, the U.S. Census Bureau issued its monthly report on US new homes sales for July 2011 and didn’t shows much improvement from June. According to the report, in July 2011 the annual rate of number of US new home…
In the recent report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US inflation for July 2011 inclined by 0.5% or in annual terms it rose by 3.6%. The CPI without food and energy also rose by 0.2% during July…
The producer price index was published yesterday. It showed that the rate of PPI for finished goods inclined by 0.2% (seasonally adjusted) during July compared with June’s figures. This increase is after the PPI fell by 0.4% during June. This…
The Euro Area CPI fell to an annual rate of 2.5% during July 2011. This is a slight decrease form the June inflation rate of 2.7% (Y-2-Y). News update from today: The Merkel-Sarkozy Summit didn’t resolve the debt crisis in Europe…
The Euro Area GDP grew by only 0.2% during the second quarter of 2011; this slow paced growth is mainly due to the disappointing growth rate of Germany’s GDP by only 0.1% during the second quarter 2011. During the first…
The high volatility in the financial markets during last week has subsided by the end of the week after the stir up caused by the rating change by S&P of US’s credit rating. Before we enter a new week with…
The bullion market continues to heat up even after the House raised the US debt ceiling; this news strengthened the US dollar against other currencies, but the market seems to raise the ante and continues to bet on gold and…
According to the recent consumer confidence survey in the US, the consumer confidence index has slightly inclined during July compare with June’s index; this index declined during the past couple of months. The index stood in July at 59.5 (195=100)…