Earlier this morning, we learned that German GDP growth slowed to 0.3 percent in Q2 from 0.5 percent in Q1. Germany’s Flash manufacturing PMI number improved to 45.1 in August from 43.0 in July.  Nevertheless, a reading...

Madison Ruppert/BlacklistedNews As hard as it is to believe, what many might think is the last bastion of total privacy, namely, the human mind, is quickly becoming just as vulnerable as the rest of our lives with...

The monthly data for July released last week was almost all quite positive. Retail sales, industrial production, capactity utilization, and housing permits all rose quite strongly. Consumer sentiment rose slightly. As a result of permits, the Conference...

As U.S. economic announcements picked up from a lull at the start of August, a number of indicators missed Wall Street’s estimates. But that wasn’t necessarily because conditions were worsening substantially. Take the initial jobless claims report...

Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. Thanks to data collected by Measurement Lab (M-Lab) the public...

China is looking at two days of crucial data releases that should give investors a better idea of the extent of the Chinese slowdown. Between August 9 – 10, China will be out with consumer price, producer...

China is set to release PMI data tomorrow. With HSBC flash manufacturing PMI climbing to 49.5 in July, a 5-month high, investors are watching official numbers closely. Data in the past few months pointed to a slowdown...

Data out this week was modestly robust, until Thursday, when a string of indicators disappointed. Here’s what you need to know. SEE ALSO: This Is What The World’s Largest Companies Are Telling Us About The State Of...

Few Americans would believe that the government has the technological capability and wherewithal to monitor, track, log, and analyze the everyday activities of American citizens. The idea that the National Security Agency, an organization responsible the collection and analysis...

Joe LaVorgna, Deutsche Bank’s Chief U.S. Economist, recently lowered his GDP growth forecast due to deteriorating economic data. Looking at the week ahead, he notes that two key pieces of economic data will be of utmost importance,...