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Reports on the fall of U.S. Treasury notes on January 26, 2005 ending its rally since August of 2005 due to the rise of the consumer sentiment index which reflects the abundance of pessimism about the U.S. economy.

Cites a study by Runzheimer International, on cities in the U.S. that are the most expensive places to operate a typical 2005 midsize car. Factors considered in the calculation of average annual costs for certain miles driven; Inclusion of cities such as Detroit, Michigan, and Los Angeles, California.

Reports on the results of federal economic survey in the U.S. Slowdown in retail and home sales; Consumer borrowing; Consumer spending; Manufacturing activities; Employment situation.

Reports on the survey results regarding the unemployment rate in New York City citing an increase in the overall employment conditions attributed to the private-sector jobs despite the additional job losses in the finance and manufacturing sector.

Reports that orders for Japanese machinery decreased slightly in May 2004 compared to the previous month, based on a Reuters poll of economists.

Presents the results of the survey conducted by the National Association of Purchasing Management-Chicago business index. Consideration by the survey of the measurements in factory production, manufacturing and service industries; Revelation of the slow down of business in the Midwest U.S. due to the slow pace in auto sales; Link between the drop in the purchasing index due to decline of orders for durable goods.

Reports on results of a survey of the business climate in Germany.

The article offers the author's on the complexity of mutual funds and investment. Topics discussed include a survey by Charles Schwab, a banking company, which found that most Americans spend much time in choosing a car than in investments, the competition among smartphone producers, and the need to educate consumers about mutual funds and investments.

The article reports that a survey conducted by the investment bank Friedman, Billings, Ramsey, found that homeowners who took out mortgages in the first half of 2007 are falling behind on payments faster than those who did so in 2006. Foreclosures are already at their highest rate in decades, and the survey indicates the problems in the U.S. housing market may both last longer and be more widespread than was previously thought, posing a threat to overall economic growth.

The article offers information on a survey that was conducted in New York City to determine city's 5 wealthiest neighborhoods. It is stated that the findings of the survey were conducted by demographers Andrew Beveridge and Susan Weber-Stoger of Queens College in New York City. According to the findings it was found that among the wealthiest neighborhoods included the filth, Park and Mansion Avenues between 77th and 83nd streets in New York City.

The article discusses new research conducted at New York University which suggests that the number of New York City apartments considered affordable to moderate income households has decreased since 2002. The report states that there are 205,000 fewer apartments affordable to households which earn around $32,000 per year.

The author observes that when a company is broken up, often the stock does not go up in the near term. In fact it may go down. Goldman Sachs studied 10 big companies that split up between 1994 and 1999, finding that the average company's shares fell six percent between the announcement and the split. The rationale for the falloff is simple. Big shareholders sell their stock when they hear of a breakup because the new companies will no longer be the one they bought into. Investors interested in one unit are unlikely to be interested in the other. The study's conclusion raises the question of why any company should split itself up.

Reports on the decline in the U.S. competitiveness rating, according to an international survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. Factors affecting the competitiveness level of the U.S.; War against terrorism; War in Iraq; Details of the survey; Emergence of Finland as the most competitive country according to the survey.

The article focuses on the survey released by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board on September 3, 2014, which reveals the development of the regional economy in the U.S. from July-August 2014.

Discusses the effects of economic recovery in Latin America. Reasons for unrest in Latin American countries; Adoption of neo-liberal economic model by governments; Foreign investment in the region; Uneven economic growth; Poverty and housing problem in the region; Details on unrest in various Latin American countries; Suggestions on improving the situation; United Nations economists on situation in Latin America.

The article reports on a survey conducted by the U.S. Federal Reserve which revealed a steady economic growth across the country from July until late August 2013, as Americans bought homes, cars, and automobile factories added workers.

The article reports on the survey conducted by anticorruption group Transparency International about the loss of faith in governments among Europeans due to the sovereign debt crisis.

The article reports on a survey by service companies in the U.S. regarding the slow expansion of service industry in April 2013 with 53.1 from 54.4 in March 2013.

The article reports on the survey commissioned by the Federal Reserve which revealed the economic growth in the U.S.

The article reports on the survey conducted by the European Commission which shows a bleak economic growth and job opportunities in Europe in 2013. According to the European Commission, European Union (EU) serves as the only major region in the world which demonstrates an increasing unemployment trend. It adds that a plan called ''blueprint for a deep and genuine economic and monetary union'' will help countries overhaul labor markets and create reforms to attain economic recovery.

The article focuses on the survey conducted by the U.S. Federal Reserve, which reveals the economic growth of most regions in the U.S. due to improved consumer spending and real estate sales. It mentions that the survey, which is based from the October and November performance, was released on November 28, 2008. It states that the economic growth is still achieved even though the budget deal is not yet established by the U.S. Congress and the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama.

The article reports on a manufacturing survey conducted by HSBC which helped offset the disappointment of the global markets. The survey showed the increase 50.4% of markets' Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) in November 2012. Markit mentions that their PMI for the euro zone has increased by 45.8 in November 2012 from 45.7 in September 2012.

The article focuses on the economic growth of China. It says that a purchasing managers index published by HSBC Holdings PLC rose to 50.4 in November 2012, which indicates that the economic performance of China improves each month. It adds that analysts predict that the economy of China will grow at rates between 7% and 8% in the coming years.

The article discusses on the economic data over impending tax increase and budget cuts. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan surveys, says that a new economic data shows that consumer sentiment is at its highest level in more than five years. It adds that investors will be reacting to the higher tax rates and will sell both losing and winning stocks to reduce the tax impact from their positions.

The article reports on the productivity performance of eurozone factories in Europe. According to a survey of purchasing managers by Markit Economics, eurozone manufacturing decreased for a 15th consecutive month in October 2012. Economist Rob Dobson also revealed that a broad-based decline in production was seen across the consumer, intermediate and investment goods sectors.

The article reports on the findings of the two surveys conducted by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and HSBC on the slow pick up of giant Chinese economy after months of deceleration. Results of the surveys reveal that manufacturing conditions had better overseas demand to companies making products like garments. According to an economist t J. P. Morgan, it reflects the impact of policy easing that has accelerated since May 2012, including pick-up in fiscal expenditure.

The article provides an overview of the economic condition in China in 2012. The country's economy has almost suffered a seventh consecutive quarter of decreasing growth, with a new private-sector survey of factory managers depicting a decline of almost a year in business activity and a fresh decline in export orders. Qu Hongbin, chief China economist for HSBC, highlights the critical role played by fiscal measures in the economy.

A Federal Reserve survey found that the economy grew moderately in most regions of the country this spring and companies kept hiring. It was a hopeful sign after a spate of gloomy data released last week. The Fed survey showed growth in each of its 12 bank districts from April 3 through May 25. Growth was moderate or modest in 10 districts, was steady in the Boston district and slowed in the Philadelphia region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Home prices rose in March from February in most major American cities surveyed, according to a private housing report on Tuesday, marking the first increase in prices in seven months. A separate economic report, however, showed that Americans' confidence in the economy in May had its biggest drop in eight months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Near the end of his new survey of the New York City economy over the last half-century, the business journalist Greg David offers some hope, as well as a dire warning. ''Wall Street may save the city again,'' he writes. If the financial sector and its workers prosper, the city will too, buoyed by growing tax revenues. But he cautions: ''If not, the next mayor will face the daunting task of leading New York into a future much less prosperous than its present.'' And if that mayor turns away from the business-friendly policies of recent administrations, he continues, ''The result could well be another economic and fiscal cataclysm.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FRANKFURT -- An official gauge of the mood among consumers and businesses showed Thursday that the euro zone economy remained fragile, with manufacturers and builders growing more pessimistic about their prospects even though the sovereign debt crisis seemed to have eased. The economic sentiment indicator compiled by the European Commission, based on surveys of business managers and consumers, slipped by 0.1 point, to 94.4. A reading below 100 points indicates that pessimism prevails and adds to evidence that the euro zone economy is in recession. The sharpest drops in sentiment were among manufacturers and builders, offsetting improvement among consumers and retailers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Contracts to purchase previously owned homes fell in February, the National Association of Realtors said on Monday. The association said its Pending Home Sales Index for the month slipped 0.5 percent to 96.5, rather than rising 1 percent as expected by economists surveyed by Reuters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

FRANKFURT -- Germany's famously thrifty consumers may finally be more willing to spend, according to data released Monday, raising the prospect that domestic demand could take the place of flagging exports and help pull the rest of Europe out of recession. The Ifo business climate index, which is considered a reliable predictor of the direction of the largest economy in Europe, rose slightly more than expected in March, to its highest level since July, the Ifo Institute in Munich said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite recent improvements in the economy, Americans are divided about whether the upswing will continue for the rest of this year, In fact, Americans are split about evenly, a new survey shows. About half of those surveyed are confident that the recovery will last through 2012, and half are not, according to Bankrate's Financial Security Index survey for March. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Last week the European Commission confirmed what everyone suspected: the economies it surveys are shrinking, not growing. It's not an official recession yet, but the only real question is how deep the downturn will be. And this downturn is hitting nations that have never recovered from the last recession. For all America's troubles, its gross domestic product has finally surpassed its pre-crisis peak; Europe's has not. And some nations are suffering Great Depression-level pain: Greece and Ireland have had double-digit declines in output, Spain has 23 percent unemployment, Britain's slump has now gone on longer than its slump in the 1930s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that the economy would remain sluggish, with high unemployment, and that the federal budget deficit would exceed $1 trillion in 2012 for the fourth consecutive year. The deficit will be $1.1 trillion in the current fiscal year, about $200 billion less than in 2011, and will fall sharply in the next three years as a result of tax increases and spending cuts required by existing law, the agency said in its annual report on the budget and economic outlook. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BEIJING -- China's economy slowed further in the fourth quarter of 2011, the government reported, lowering the growth in gross domestic product for the year to 9.2 percent, from 10.4 percent in 2010. The gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 8.9 percent in the last three months of the year, down from 9.1 percent in the third quarter of last year. It was the slowest pace since the second quarter of 2009, when the rate was 7.9 percent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A monthly survey released Tuesday shows consumers' confidence in the economy in December surged to the highest level since April and was near a post-recession peak. But a separate private report said home prices in most major cities in the United States fell for the second straight month in October. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON -- Hold the condolence cards, but the recession cost the rich. The share of income received by the top 1 percent -- that potent symbol of inequality -- dropped to 17 percent in 2009 from 23 percent in 2007, according to federal tax data. Within the group, average income fell to $957,000 in 2009 from $1.4 million in 2007. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ECONOMIC REPORTS Data will include retail sales for November and business inventories for October (Tuesday); import prices for November (Wednesday); weekly jobless claims; the Producer Price Index for November; the third-quarter current account deficit; industrial production and capacity utilization for November; the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index for December and weekly jobless claims (Thursday); and the Consumer Price Index for November (Friday). CORPORATE EARNINGS Companies reporting results will include Best Buy (Tuesday); Joy Global (Wednesday); Adobe Systems, Discover Financial Services, FedEx Corporation, Hovnanian Enterprises, Pier 1 Imports and Rite Aid (Thursday); and Darden Restaurants (Friday). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Buried in the relatively positive numbers contained in the November jobs report was some very bad news for those who work in the public sector. There were 20,000 government workers laid off last month, by far the largest drop for any sector of the economy, mostly from states, counties and cities. That continues a troubling trend that's been building for years, one that has had a particularly harsh effect on black workers. While the private sector has been adding jobs since the end of 2009, more than half a million government positions have been lost since the recession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Federal Reserve said that the economy expanded at a ''moderate'' pace in 11 of 12 districts, led by gains in manufacturing and consumer spending. ''Overall economic activity increased at a slow to moderate pace since the previous report across all Federal Reserve districts except St. Louis, which reported a decline in economic activity,'' the Fed said in its beige book survey released Wednesday. The survey covers October and the first half of November. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Home prices rose in August in half of the large cities measured by a private survey, a sign that prices are stabilizing in some hard-hit parts of the country. Separately, consumer confidence fell in October to the lowest level since March 2009. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday that home prices increased in August from July in 10 of the 20 cities tracked. That was the fifth consecutive month that at least half of the cities in the survey showed monthly gains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LONDON -- The United States is slipping and emerging markets are improving, but European economies still dominate the list of the most competitive economies in the world, according to a World Economic Forumreport released Wednesday. For the third consecutive year, Switzerland ranked first in the forum's annual competitiveness survey, which assesses countries based on 12 categories including innovation, infrastructure and the macroeconomic environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Manufacturing unexpectedly grew in August and fewer Americans filed new claims for jobless benefits last week despite a slump in confidence that threatened to push the economy back into recession, economic reports showed on Thursday. Other data on Thursday showed a drop in second-quarter productivity and an unexpected decline in construction spending. But those reports were counterbalanced by solid sales from automakers and retailers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Data released on Thursday pointed to stagnating economic activity in the euro zone and softening output in China. In China, the vast manufacturing sector appears to have contracted in July for the first time in a year, according to a closely watched HSBC survey. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The economic collapse has taken a toll on vast segments of society, but it has affected some groups disproportionately. Among those are children. The Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness reports that nationwide, 1.35 million children are homeless. Most of them are black or Latino. Children make up a quarter of the nation's population, but account for 36 percent of all people in poverty, according to a report from the National Center for Children in Poverty, at Columbia University. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United States economy showed ''widespread signs'' of slowing, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, though modest growth continued from mid-July through the end of August. The latest regional survey by the 12 district Federal banks, known as the beige book, described an economy in which many sectors, from consumer spending to manufacturing, continued to expand. But there were also ''widespread signs of a deceleration,'' the report said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]