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THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
April sales soft, retailers upbeat
Market News' rolling retail sales index rose to a still-weak 49 in the 4 weeks ended April 30 from 45.9 in the prior week. Many retailers will likely post modest same-store sales growth in April, but most are sticking to full-year profit and sales forecasts. High goods costs -- and service costs -- are being offset by lower labor costs.
Euro zone manufacturing shrinks
Manufacturing in the 12 euro nations contracted for the first time since Aug. '03, adding to signs that high oil prices are damping economic growth. Reuters' euro zone purchasing managers index fell to 49.2 in April from 50.4 in March, below the boom-bust 50 line. The orders subindex also signaled declines, to the lowest since July '03. Jobs were negative for a 47th straight month. Germany, France and Italy all posted sub-50 index readings.
** The data add more pressure on the European Central Bank to ease interest rates to try to encourage growth. Euro zone growth has trailed U.S. growth for 13 of the past 14 ...
- THE EURO-ZONE AND THE WORLD.(demographic, economic statistics)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: European Report December 29, 2001 700+ words
In 2001, the euro-zone has a total population of 303 million...and 127 million in Japan. Among the euro-zone population, 16.4% are less than...On the other hand, 16.3% of euro-zone citizens are over 65 years old and...
- FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: EURO ZONE'S NET FDI POSITION WITH THE REST OF WORLD...
- Newspaper article from: European Report March 31, 1999 700+ words
The report concludes that the Euro zone's net FDI exporter position was established through...Euro 24 billion at the end of 1996. Within non-Euro-zone EU countries, the Euro zone amassed around Euro 85 billion of FDI assets. On...
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: OUTPUT AND PRICE INDICES UP IN EU15 AND EURO ZONE IN...
- Newspaper article from: European Report January 19, 2000 700+ words
...strongest gain with 1.2% in the Euro-zone and 1.3% in EU15. Capital goods production rose by 0.6% in both the Euro-zone and EU15. Output in durable consumer goods was up 1.0% in the Euro-zone and 0.7% in EU15 and production...
- Low trend rate of GDP growth in the euro zone.
- Magazine article from: The Swedish Economy December 1, 2005 700+ words
...recovery has been much slower in the euro zone than in other countries, such as the...Although resource utilization in the euro zone is currently low, the weak growth there...s, the potential growth rate in the euro zone seems to have decreased in recent decades...
- INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: SLIGHT FALL IN EURO ZONE BETWEEN MARCH AND MAY.
- Newspaper article from: European Report July 28, 1999 700+ words
...months February 1-April 30, 1999. While...production in the Euro zone is still falling...0.8% for the Euro zone, and -0.4% in...1998. Growth in April had been a revised -0.6% for the Euro zone, and an unrevised...
- Inflation in Sweden and the Euro zone--what explains the difference?
- Magazine article from: The Swedish Economy June 1, 2005 700+ words
...index were up by 0.4 in April compared to the same month...the entire EU. In the Euro zone, inflation has not dropped to the same extent. In April the average rate of inflation...rate in Sweden than in the Euro zone is nothing new. Since...
- Euro zone on cusp of 'new economy' spending boom.
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Business (London, England) March 11, 2001 700+ words
...probably be amazed to discover that the euro zone invested considerably more in its businesses...with an approximate share in a synthetic euro zone of 12% through the same period. Only...reached 15%, as against 13% in the euro zone. This matters because none other than...
- Official Figures Disappoint Euro-Zone Single-Currency Supporters.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 9, 2003 700+ words
...to expectations, to boost trade between euro zone members, official figures reveal. The revelation...currency would dramatically boost internal euro zone trade. Germany and France, the euro zone's first and second largest economies...
