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Presents graphs and a chart showing regional employment trends in the region of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut as of November 2004. Unemployment rates; New unemployment claims; Metro area employment by industry; Regional help wanted index.

Presents graphs and a chart showing economic trends in the region of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut as of November 2004. Business conditions index; Metro area inflation rate; Consumer price index; Consumer confidence; Personal bankruptcy filings.

Presents statistics concerning regional employment in the United States. Unemployment rates; Unemployment claims; New York metro area employment by industry.

Presents data on the regional economy of New York.

Presents statistics on regional employment in the United States as of July 11, 2004. Unemployment rates; Unemployment claims; Total New York metro area employment.

Presents economic figures for June 2004 in New York City. Business condition index; Personal bankruptcy filings; Inflation rate; Consumer confidence; Others.

Presents employment figures for June 2004 in New York City. Decline in unemployment rates; Decline in new unemployment claims; Comparison of employment figures between different industries; Help wanted index.

Discusses the forthcoming report from the Pentagon detailing a list of recommended military base closings and consolidations. View that military bases across the country and the communities that depend on them are anxiously awaiting the list and hoping they are not included on it; View of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld that the closures and consolidations are a necessary part of his effort to streamline the United States military; Efforts made by military bases around the country to prevent closure.

Reports on the creation of a forum to coordinate regional economic policy by several provinces in China. Efforts of these provinces to keep up with progressive provinces in the country; Request of the provincial leaders for an elimination of the nontariff barriers among provinces; Support of the central government on the plan.

585: The estimated number, in the thousands, of people in China who this year will have more than 10 million renminbi -- or about $1.5 million -- in investable assets, according to a study by the consulting firm Bain & Company. That number is twice what it was in 2008. Most of those individuals are first-generation entrepreneurs, according to Bain. The fastest growth has been among those worth more than $15 million. Justin Yifu Lin, the World Bank's chief economist, last year named growing income disparity as one of China's biggest economic problems. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Regional economies in most parts of the country are on the mend, largely because home sales are rebounding and factories and manufacturers are stirring back to life, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday. The Fed's regular report on economic activity across the country -- known as the beige book -- noted the dissonance between tentative signs of a recovery and lingering weakness as the United States struggles to break out of the deepest recession since the 1930s. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the plans of Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York for developing the regional economy of upstate cities. It mentions that Spitzer will induce $1 billion in state funds for improving agriculture and for combating poverty and crimes. The plan will also provide assistance for the development of business in the upstate cities, which includes establishment of financial technology parks and creation of venture capital funds for small companies.

Presents the author's view on recent developments regarding the Chinese currency and its influence on the United States housing market. Discussion of the Chinese yuan and its value relative to the American dollar; View that China currently sells to the world almost everything the world wants and then buys United States Treasury securities; Review of how a change in the value of Chinese currency will effect interest rates in the U.S.; Comments from bond analyst Kathleen Shanley of Gimme Credit, regarding potential regional economic downturns.

Presents graphs and charts indicating regional economic status in New York City. New York city business conditions index; Personal bankruptcy filings; New York metro area inflation rate; New York metro area consumer confidence; Manhattan office vacancy rates; New York City hotel occupancy rate; New York City bridge and tunnel traffic.

Presents graphs and a chart indicating regional employment status in New York City. Unemployment rates in New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut; New unemployment claims; New York metro area employment by industry.

Presents a summary of the regional economic conditions in recent months for the Federal Reserve's twelve districts in the U.S. as of December 2, 2004.

Discusses the Federal Reserve reports concerning regional economic conditions and U.S. economic performance as of May 2004. Largest industrial production growth since August 1998; Widespread strength showed by a nationwide survey of business activity; Indication of momentum in the economic recovery; Modest increases in consumption prices; Retailing, manufacturing and residential real estate markets.

Graphs economic trends in the New York City area.

Graphs employment trends in the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut region.

Reports that several provinces within the country of China are forming a regional economic bloc. Efforts of the national and provincial leaders to eliminate any barriers to competition between the provinces; How the move highlights the limited economic integration currently in China; Comments from Huang Zhiquan, the governor of Jiangxi Province, regarding the regional cooperation; Historical significance of regional alliances in China, which has long favored national unity.

Presents data on the economic conditions in New York City as of May 2004. Business conditions index; Personal bankruptcy filings; Inflation rate; Consumer confidence.

Presents unemployment and economic statistics in New York City as of May 2004. Comparison of the city's unemployment rate with that of New Jersey and Connecticut; Office vacancy rates; Hotel occupancy rates; Bridge and tunnel traffic.

Discusses the aim of a group of 28 foundations to promote economic development in nine counties of northeastern Ohio. Loss of manufacturing jobs to foreign countries; Foundations involved; Amount pledged by the foundations to the Fund for Our Economic Future; Goal of the fund to support projects and organizations intended to help local the regional economy.

Reports on the growing number of Americans who are underemployed. Views of Annette Barnhardt, a senior policy analyst at the Brennan Center of Justice at the New York University School of Law, on the impact of underemployment; Ethnicity rates of the underemployed; Problems caused by taking several low paying jobs; Charts and graphs covering regional employment and regional economy information.

Focuses on a survey of regional economies from the Federal Reserve which revealed that the economy offered some signs of faster growth.

Provides information on the campaign of the Alliance for Downtown New York to attract small and medium-size businesses from the suburbs to relocate in the downtown area of New York City.

Focuses on the southern counties of New Jersey and how they tend to have more economic struggles than the northern counties. Comments from residents of South Jersey on the economic divide and how people in the north don't seem to notice they exist; History of the area; Popular notions about the area; Outlook for the social and economic struggles of the area.

Discusses Asian economic and political conditions as of September 1999. Contrast between the deflation, unemployment and political instability of summer 1999 with previous economic development and forecasts; Japan's role; Opportunity for development of regional unity offered by the crisis in East Timor; Economic conditions in China and Taiwan; Economic sanctions and North Korea. INSETS: Now, You Can Have 5,999,999,999 Friends;Why Malthus Was Mistaken.

Discusses the economic disparity between the north and south of Great Britain. Growth of the gap in income, average wages and migration, as of October 1999; History of the divide between the industrial North and the prosperity of the South, dominated by London; Contribution of the strength of the pound to interest rates; Examples of businesses; Other European countries with regional differences.

Discusses the debate on regional economics. The paradox of the proposed closing of the University of Pennsylvania's regional science department at a time when economists are focusing on states, cities and regions of the world to find answers to economic puzzles. Examples of several economists' findings.

Assesses the political and social divisions inside the country of Afghanistan, a country riven by ethnic, religious and linguistic conflicts. Regional leaders that are building power bases in sections of the country; Areas in the country that are controlled by the Pathans, who make up nearly half of the country's population and have dominated its politics, and the Afghans, who have close ties to Iran; Assessment of the fragmentation in Afghanistan, according to diplomats in Islamabad, Pakistan, noting the country is now the object of competition between several neighboring countries; Afghanistan's politics and government since the overthrow of President Najibullah; Social conditions of the northern are of Afghanistan, which is controlled by General Abdul Rashid Doestam; Comments from General Doestam regarding proposals he sent to the fragile national government in Kabul.