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Industrial New Orders Down by 3.4% In Euro Area in January 2009

added: 27-03-2009

In January 2009 compared with December 2008, the euro area1 (EA16) industrial new orders index fell by 3.4%. In December 2008 the index decreased by 8.0%. In the EU27 new orders declined by 2.2% in January 2009, after dropping by 6.8% in December 200. Excluding ships, railway & aerospace equipment, for which changes tend to be more volatile, industrial new orders fell by 3.3% in the euro area and by 3.8% in the EU27.

New York Employee Confidence Index Slides in February 2009

added: 27-03-2009

After rebounding significantly in January, the New York Employee Confidence Index fell 7.1 points to 38.4 in February, according to the latest Spherion(R) Employment Report.

EU Must Guarantee Reasonable Food Prices For Consumers And Decent Income For Farmers

added: 27-03-2009

Correcting the market inequalities, and improving direct relations between consumers and producers, in order to guarantee reasonable prices for the former and profits for the latter, are the principle objectives of a report adopted by the European Parliament on the difference in price between production and consumption in the food chain.

Economic and Automotive Industry Uncertainty Contributed to Significant Decline in Global Auto M&A Deal Activity in 2008

added: 27-03-2009

Overall economic and automotive industry uncertainty contributed to the decline of automotive M&A deal volume and value in 2008, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' report, Automotive M&A Insights. Following a remarkable deal market in 2007, closed deal volume declined 9 percent to 549 transactions in 2008 compared to 604 the previous year. The disclosed value dropped 45 percent to $31.6 billion in 2008 from $57.1 billion in 2007.

International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing in 2007

added: 27-03-2009

The trade-weighted average of hourly compensation costs in U.S. dollars for all employees in manufacturing among 31 foreign economies was 85 percent of the U.S. level in 2007, increasing from 79 percent in 2006, according to data issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Compensation costs relative to the United States rose or remained unchanged in all but one of the economies covered in 2007.

U.S. Light-Vehicle Retail Sales Through March 22 Down by 40 Percent

added: 27-03-2009

Retail new-vehicle sales during the first 17 selling days of March were down by 40 percent compared with the same period one year ago, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 10,000 dealerships across the United States.

Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-Born Workers in 2008

added: 27-03-2009

In 2008, 24.1 million persons, or 15.6 percent of the U.S. civilian labor force age 16 and over, were foreign born, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. The unemployment rate for the foreign born was 5.8 percent in 2008, up from 4.3 percent in 2007. The jobless rate of the native born also increased to 5.8 percent in 2008; it was 4.7 percent in the prior year.

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for Australia Declined 0.6 Percent in January 2009

added: 27-03-2009

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index™ (LEI) for Australia declined 0.6 percent and The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index™ (CEI) increased 0.6 percent in January.

Monetary Developments in the Euro Area: February 2009

added: 27-03-2009

The annual rate of growth of M3 stood at 5.9% in February 2009, compared with 6.0% in January 2009. The three-month average of the annual growth rates of M3 over the period December 2008 - February 2009 decreased to 6.5%, from 7.1% in the period November 2008 - January 2009.

IPTV Growth Doubles in North America in 2008

added: 27-03-2009

The Broadband Forum announced the latest IPTV and broadband statistics, showing that the North American IPTV market has more than doubled in size in 2008 - with growth of 113 percent despite the global economic downturn.

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