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US: Foreclosure Activity Increases 5 Percent in March 2008

added: 15-04-2008

RealtyTrac(R) released its March 2008 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM), which shows foreclosure filings - default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions - were reported on 234,685 properties nationwide during the month, a 5 percent increase from the previous month and a 57 percent increase from March 2007. The report also shows one in every 538 U.S. households received a foreclosure filing during the month.

Fitch: Innovative European Mortgage Products Add Bullet Risk

added: 15-04-2008

Fitch Ratings says innovative mortgage products offered by European lenders can add a 'bullet risk' to the borrower under certain interest rate scenarios - an aspect that the agency carefully analyses during its RMBS rating process.

CEO Confidence Declines in the First Quarter of 2008

added: 15-04-2008

The Conference Board's Measure of CEO Confidence, which had posted a sharp decline in the final quarter of 2007, fell again in the first quarter of 2008 and is now at 38 (a reading of more than 50 points reflects more positive than negative responses). The last time the Measure posted a weaker reading was in the final quarter of 2000 when it was at 31.

India Is A Lead Of The World in Energy Innovation

added: 15-04-2008

According to the Emerging Economy Report released by the Center for Knowledge Societies (CKS), India is the most energy efficient country among leading Emerging Economies, including Brazil, China and South Africa.

International Monetary Fund: 3.7 Percent Global GDP Growth this Year

added: 15-04-2008

The International Monetary Fund has lowered its forecast to only 3.7 percent global GDP growth this year. Considering how fast China and India are growing, this implies sluggish growth almost everywhere else in the world. Certainly, the domestic economy barely grew at all in the first quarter, with some speculating there might have been a small decline.

2008 Venture Capital Fundraising Activity Slows in First Quarter 2008

added: 14-04-2008

Fifty-seven venture capital firms raised $6.3 billion in the first quarter of 2008 according to Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA). The number of funds raised in the first quarter of 2008 decreased by 31% from the same period in 2007 while the dollar value remained unchanged.

Industrial Production up by 0.3% in Euro Area in February 2008

added: 14-04-2008

In February 2008 compared with January 2008, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 0.3% in the euro area (EA15) and by 0.5% in the EU27. In January production rose by 0.6% and 0.7% respectively. In February 2008 compared with February 2007, industrial production rose by 3.1% in the euro area and by 3.3% in the EU27.

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes in March 2008

added: 14-04-2008

The U.S. Import Price Index increased 2.8 percent in March, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported, as higher prices for both petroleum and nonpetroleum imports contributed to the advance. The rise followed 0.2 percent and 1.5 percent increases in February and January. Export prices rose 1.5 percent in March, after advancing 1.1 percent and 1.2 percent for the prior two months.

Fitch: French Banks Hit By The Financial Crisis

added: 14-04-2008

Fitch Ratings has said in a report that the trend of regular growth in major French banks' bottom line results came to an end in 2007, when a 27% fall in reported net income was recorded by the eight largest banking groups on an aggregate basis.

Food Prices: Dangers of Inflation

added: 14-04-2008

A grim warning from the International Monetary Fund about the dangers of food price inflation has been amplified by figures showing two of the major economies in Asia, Japan and India, are battling the highest cost pressures for a decade or more.

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