Posted 4 days ago

German unemployment declined in again in June, pushing the jobless rate to the lowest level in almost 16 years. The number of people out of work, adjusted for seasonal changes, fell 38,000 from May to

Posted 5 days ago

The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes once wrote a novel entitled The Death of Artemio Cruz . The novel begins with an elderly Artemio who suddenly finds himself awake and lying on his deathbed, gripped

Posted 5 weeks ago

The Vietnam National Statistics Office announced this week that the country's inflation rate shot up to 25.2 percent in May (when compared with same month last year). Prices increased by an estimated

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Posted 6 weeks ago

Despite the relatively healthy performance turned in by the Japanese economy in Q1 2007, the signs are that the impact of rising food and energy costs and slowing global economic growth (and hence dem

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Posted 8 weeks ago

Russia's inflation rate rose to 14.3 percent, the highest since April 2003, led by rising food costs. The inflation rate rose from 13.3 percent in March, while prices rose 1.4 percent in the month, co

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Posted 10 weeks ago

Business confidence in Germany (as measured by the IFO index) fell back in April (reinforcing the impression given by the recent ZEW index reading) as record oil and food prices stoked inflation, weak

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Posted 10 weeks ago

Italian consumer confidence rose slightly (but ever so slightly, see chart below) in April - holding near its lowest level in almost four years as an economic slowdown prompts households to cut back

Posted 10 weeks ago

Well there are no real surprises in this months retail sales data since Hungarian retail sales dropped by 0.2% month on month in February, following a 0.1% increase January, according to data adjusted

Posted 11 weeks ago

Investor confidence in Germany fell in April for the first time since January on concern faster inflation, a stronger euro and fallout on exports from the slowing economies in Italy and Spain will hur

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Posted 11 weeks ago

The FT is running the following this morning :Russian oil production has peaked and may never return to current levels, one of the country s top energy executives has warned, fuelling concerns that

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