The high level of government savings deposits could prove detrimental to long-term economic growth, even as concerns mount over ballooning local government debt in China, a report said on Wednesday. Total bank deposits held by government ...
The amount of lights in the average British home has doubled in the last decade, despite homes now being smaller than ever. The number of lights in the home has leapt from just 15 light sources in 2004 to more than 30 today as people ...
Remember the "Cattle Cycle?" It essentially dictates where cattle prices are and where they should be going, as it's done for around 150 years. So, will the arrival of this latest impending reversal in the natural market cycle be any ...
The world’s largest economy – the US is the locomotive of global growth for the first time since the great recession and in the process boosting exports around the world, says the Chief Economist at IHF. Nariman Behravesh ...
Tags: domestic demand, oil production
In October this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) increased to 50.4 - the highest level of the past three months - higher than the anticipated level of 50.2 and up from September's final reading of ...
Tags: PMI, China economy
US construction firms added jobs in 39 states between September 2013 and September 2014 while construction employment increased in 34 states and the District of Columbia between August and September, according to an analysis of Labor ...
Tags: US Construction, Jobs, Energy
The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
Tags: NRF, Christmas-season retail sales
U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations, representing the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales ...
Tags: Jewelry Sales, Watch Sales
U.S. jewelry store sales jumped 8 percent year on year to $2.37 billion in July, according to the government's retail survey. The increase for jewelry stores was stronger than the overall jewelry and watch sector, which recorded a ...
Tags: jewelry store, watch sector
This may be the year to keep as much of your newly harvested corn close to home. Declining corn market prices make paying for commercial storage or selling straight out of the field far from ideal scenarios, making on-farm storage a more ...
Tags: corn market, Agriculture
In September this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) increased to 50.5, higher than the anticipated level of 50.0 and up from August's final reading of 50.2, as announced by the HSBC on September 23. In ...
China's manufacturing sector expanded in August but at a significantly slower pace, as production rates and new orders softened. The Flash China Manufacturing PMI, published by HSBC in conjunction with Markit Economics, fell 1.4 points to ...
Tags: Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, China Manufacturing
New orders to U.S. production plants soared a record 10.5 percent in July on a 74 percent bookings spike in the volatile transportation sector. The somewhat misleading double-digit gain was propelled by an eye-popping 317.3 percent surge in ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Hardware
The Multifamily Production Index (MPI), an indicator for the multifamily market released by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), posted a gain of five points to a reading of 58 for the second quarter. It is the 10th straight ...
Tags: MPI, multifamily market