Eurozone retail trade falls 1.6% in December
Eurozone retail trade fell 1.6% in December 2013 compared to November, and by 0.8% in the whole of the European Union (EU28).
The Eurozone consists...
Local foods and their economic benefits
Local foods offer tangible economic benefits in several regions, says a team of economists at Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
Farms that sell...
Factory orders down in December, US
Factory orders, i.e. new orders for manufactured goods in the US, dropped notably in December 2013, according to figures released by the Department of...
Credit constraints rose slightly in Germany
After falling to a historical low in December 2013, credit constraints for German trade and industry in January 2014 increased slightly, says the Ifo...
Electric vehicle forecast 2014
IHS Automotive’s electric vehicle forecast for 2014 sees global production soaring by 67%.
Motor vehicle production, on the other hand, is only expected to rise...
Will stock decline halt Fed taper? Not likely
The stock decline will not derail the Federal Reserve’s plan to further trim the bond-buying stimulus package, two Federal Reserve district bank presidents -...
Predicting stock prices is possible
Predicting stock prices is possible, according to a new study from the Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, especially during short...
World economic forecast 2014
In its world economic forecast for 2014, Oxford Economics has made ten predictions, among them that GDP (gross domestic product) in the US will...
Dark pools attract more informed investors to public stock markets
A new MIT study found that dark pools (private stock markets) increase the ratio of well-informed investors who participate in public stock markets.
A “dark...
Ben Bernanke joins Brookings Institution
Ben Bernanke, who has just finished eight years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the US central banking system, has become a Distinguished Fellow...