Category Archives: Economics

Does ‘optimism’ help gauge the economic outlook?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Caelainn Barr

Ipsos MORI gauge the economic outlook of the British electorate by polling members of the public, across the country in their Economic Optimism Index (EOI). In an effort to capture the views of the populace, the telephone poll is conducted … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, Retail, UK | 1 Comment

GDP growth – which countries did best and worst in the recession?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Vishnu Padmanabhan

The OECD Economic Outlook database provides a comprehensive macroeconomic overview of developed economies and includes forecasts for the coming year. Looking at annual real GDP changes, the OECD as a whole reached a low of  -3.4% in 2009. Growth was … Continue reading →

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Long-Term Bond Yields and Credit Ratings

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Paula VanLaningham

It’s been another tricky week for those in sovereign credit markets. On Tuesday, independent debt-rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the credit ratings for Portugal and Greece. Greece’s debt rating fell by two notches to BB- and Portugal’s by … Continue reading →

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Local area US unemployment data

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Vishnu Padmanabhan

The latest additions to the Timetric database are up-to-date US figures from the Bureau of Labour Statistics showing unemployment rates broken down by region, state and even city area. Tweet

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Services bounce back

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Simon Briscoe

Just as everyone was dusting off the double-dip narrative, back comes services output to show that the economy is still growing! Services output in January (released today by the ONS) was the second highest (after last September’s) since the recession … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, UK | 1 Comment