Washington (awp / afp) – Orders for durable goods fell in the U.S. in September for the third time in four months, driven by a drop in orders in the aerospace sector, according to official figures released Wednesday in Washington. The durable goods orders fell 0.8% from the previous month, seasonally adjusted data, after falling [...]
The consumer prices in Germany rose 2.3% year on year in June as in May, above the target set by the European Central Bank (ECB). In one month, inflation appears 0.1%, according to the expectations of the market economists polled by Reuters. On a harmonized European standard, prices rose 2.4% year on year and remained unchanged from [...]
Orders in French industry fell for the second consecutive month in April, 1.1%, while those in? Export decline even more sharply, by 2.2%, announced Monday the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). Industrial orders excluding transportation equipment (but including automotive) had already receded by 1.7% in March, according to a figure revised down. [...]
Personal income in the U.S. increased by much more than anticipated in the month of January, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Monday, with the income growth due in large part to a reduction in payroll taxes. The Commerce Department said personal income surged up by 1.0 percent in January following [...]
Oil stocks rose more than five times I expected the United States last week, as gasoline stocks, according to figures released Wednesday by the Energy Department. Advanced oil reserves by 4.8 million barrels to 340.6 million barrels in the week ending Jan. 21. Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires expected a rise of only 900,000 [...]
New York (EFE) – The Dow Jones of the New York Stock Exchange Friday closed higher at 0.41%, to 11,871.84 points. The indicator selective S & P 500 rose 0.24% and the Nasdaq composite index lost 0.55% market. The New York trading session was losing steam throughout the day, after dawn on a positive note [...]
U.S. conglomerate General Electric has just released earnings per share for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $ 0.36 per share (3,900 million), above the $ 0.32 expected by the market. In the same three months of 2009, the company earned $ 0.27.In total, this is attributable net profit from October to December of 4540 million dollars (with extra), equivalent to [...]
The stable peso opened Monday at a meeting at which the market expects a slight appreciation of local currency by the strength in copper prices, sending the country’s main, and the overall weakness of the dollar. At the opening from 8.30 am local time (1130 GMT), the peso traded at 489.00 to purchase units and [...]
WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. workers who first entered with a request for jobless benefits fell 3,000 to 420,000 after seasonal adjustments, the week ending December 11, reported today by the U.S. Labor Department. Economists had expected an increase of 4,000 requests. The number of the previous week was revised to 423,000, compared to 421,000 reported [...]
The number of unemployed in the UK rose by 35,000 in the three months ended in October, for a total of 2.5 million, according to official international measure announced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). That was the biggest increase since the measure the three months ended in March this year. As a result, the unemployment [...]
