Economic Release Change Period Covered Consumer Price Index (CPI) +0.3% Jul 2010 Unemployment Rate 9.6% Aug 2010 Payroll Employment -54,000 Aug 2010 Average Hourly Earnings +$0.06 Aug 2010 Producer Price Index (PPI) +0.2% Jul 2010 Employment Cost Index (ECI) +0.5% 2nd Qtr of 2010 Productivity -1.8% 2nd Qtr of 2010 U.S. Import Price Index +0.6% …
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Sep 10
Permanent placements rose at weakest rate for ten months in August, KPMG Reports
Key points: Slowest increase in permanent appointments since October 2009. Temporary staff billings growth eased to ten-month low. Permanent candidate availability fell at sharpest rate since November 2007. Summary: The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide to the UK labour market, drawing …
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Sep 05
Analyzing US Employment Data
US employment report by BLS has set stock markets and bonds yields to increase after many sessions of downward movement. Investors are delighted to see something good coming out of US economy after many depressing news in August. Treasury 10-year notes and 30-year bonds dropped for a second week for the first time since April …
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Aug 20
Austerity Measures Backfire in Greece
The austerity measures that were supposed to fix Greece’s problems are dragging down the country’s economy. Stores are closing, tax revenues are falling and unemployment has hit an unbelievable 70 percent in some places. Frustrated workers are threatening to strike back. This dire prognosis comes even despite Athens’ massive efforts to sort out the country’s …
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Aug 19
Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti Business Conditions Index
The Aruoba-Diebold-Scotti business conditions index is designed to track real business conditions at high frequency. Its underlying economic indicators (weekly initial jobless claims; monthly payroll employment, industrial production, personal income less transfer payments, manufacturing and trade sales; and quarterly real GDP) blend high- and low-frequency information and stock and flow data. Both the ADS index …
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Aug 19
Q3 2010 Survey of Professional Forecasters see further slowing of US economy
The Survey of Professional Forecasters is the oldest quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States. The survey began in 1968 and was conducted by the American Statistical Association and the National Bureau of Economic Research. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia took over the survey in 1990. The outlook for growth in the …
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Aug 05
US jobless claims rise..
Jobless claim rise as labour market struggles with slowing US economic activities. Problems with US economy doesn’t seem to ending in any way. Unemployment benefits increased by 19000 last week to reach 479000 as reported by the Labour Department. This was the highest jobless claims since April making a 3- month high. Unemployment benefit claims …
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