The eurozone looks destined for its second recession in three years, as business surveys showed the economic rot is even spreading to Germany, the region’s largest and strongest economy. Markit’s Flash eurozone composite PMI, which measures manufacturing...

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...

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...

Every day, public and private data gathering agencies publish economic reports that are widely reported on by the business media. However, many economists have come to favor the indicators that are less employed — turning to things...

Want to know what’s going to happen in the stock market (and by extension the Presidential election)? Just keep your eye on weekly initial jobless claims. The recent improvement in claims perfectly mirrors the recent improvement in...

South Korean exports is widely recognized as the most reliable leading global economic indicator.  It’s a favorite of Jim O’Neill. Goldman Sachs and UBS both literally refer to it as a “canary in the coalmine” for the...

TheEconomicCollapse Do you want to know when the “economic collapse” is going to happen?  Just open up your eyes and take a look.  The “economic collapse” is already happening all around us.  So many people talk about...

Do you want to know when the “economic collapse” is going to happen?  Just open up your eyes and take a look.  The “economic collapse” is already happening all around us.  So many people talk about the...

So much ugly data coming out of the UK these days. Last week, UK Q2 GDP came out at -0.7%, far worse than the -0.2% that was expected. Now a slew of numbers out from the BoE...

The flow of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. has been impacted by the economic crisis and the anti-immigrant laws that began with the passing of a law in Arizona. But Mexican immigrants are vital to the U.S....