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Economic Decline in Europe Worsens

Posted: April 4, 2013 at 7:10 am

Just when it seemed that the economic data from the European Union could not get worse, new service sector purchasing managers index (PMI) information from Markit shows that the collapse in ...
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Eurozone Falls Further into Recession in February

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 7:00 am

The manufacturing sector of the eurozone could not be saved by the region's largest nation by gross domestic product -- Germany. Research firm Markit reports that the balance of the ...
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Morgan Stanley Sees Euro Recession in 2013

Posted: November 20, 2012 at 9:05 am

Europe is proving to be the mess that cannot be cleaned up at least as rapidly as investors (and Europeans) had hoped. A macro research call from Morgan Stanley is ...
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Europe Returns to Recession

Posted: November 15, 2012 at 6:48 am

Europe has dropped into recession, or nearly so. Eurostat reported that third-quarter gross domestic product in the euro-area fell 0.1%, compared with the second quarter. Among the EU27, GDP registered ...
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Europe vs. the Rest of the World

Posted: November 2, 2012 at 7:10 am

Economists and business chiefs increasingly say that trouble in Europe is the greatest threat to the world's financial and GDP futures. In addition, political stability in many nations and regions ...
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EU Finance Ministers Have a Lot to Talk About

Posted: September 14, 2012 at 6:50 am

The financial ministers of the euro area will meet over the next two days. There is a very wide range of topics that they might discuss. The gathering should begin with some ...
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China PMI — One Month Is Not a Trend

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 6:37 am

China’s central government statistics agency said the country’s purchasing managers index rose to 53.3 from a reading of 53.1 in March. The figure could signal an expansion, but only an extremely ...
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Europe’s Recession

Posted: March 22, 2012 at 6:21 am

Europe continues its fall into a new recession. Research firm Markit reported about March. This morning it announced: The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index fell from 49.3 in February ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (11/23/2011) Bank Stress Tests, Walmart’s 10,000th Store

Posted: November 23, 2011 at 6:25 am

The purchasing managers indices of China, German and France all signaled slow growth or contraction in November. It is a sign that demand for exports and consumer expenditures are in free fall. ...
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