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Economies Across the Globe are Facing Soft Growth and Rising Prices

added: 19-08-2008

The price of a barrel of crude oil was about $30 lower last week than only about a month ago. Gasoline is down about 25 cents per gallon. The stock market has rallied. Bond yields came down about 20 basis points. But the economy remains very weak. What's wrong with this picture?

Global Demographic Divide Widens

added: 19-08-2008

The demographic divide - the inequality in the population and health profiles of rich and poor countries - is widening. Two sharply different patterns of population growth are evident: Little growth or even decline in most wealthy countries and continued rapid population growth in the world's poorest countries.

Social Networks Get Down to Business

added: 19-08-2008

Think of them as digital water coolers - surrounded by thousands of workers engaged in serious business conversations.

OECD System Of Quarterly Unit Labour Cost Indexes - August 2008

added: 18-08-2008

All major OECD economies recorded moderate growth in Unit Labour Costs for market services for the first quarter of 2008 (no estimate available for the United Kingdom).

Germany: Inflation Hit 3.3%, The Highest Rate Since 1993

added: 18-08-2008

Suddenly the spectre of inflation no longer hangs over the world: it's gone, banished by the reversal in sentiment in commodity and financial markets. Banished by fears of recession, which were confirmed overnight with Europe contracting in the second quarter, with Germany and France following Italy into a slump.

US Mobile Advertising Experiences 13 Percent Quarterly Growth, Still Trails UK, Indian Markets

added: 17-08-2008

Limbo, one of the largest mobile social communities in the US, and GfK Technology, a leading market search agency, have released the latest joint Mobile Advertising Report (MAR). The second quarter report shows that a high percentage of mobile phone users in the US, UK and India indicate they are receiving advertising messages through their mobile phone; 85 percent in India, 51 percent in the UK, and 37 percent in the US.

Entertainment Drives Mobile Internet Growth in BRIC Countries

added: 16-08-2008

Research from The Nielsen Company shows that entertainment-themed websites are the most popular with mobile Internet users in the growing Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) mobile markets. This stands in stark contrast with the more mature American and European markets, where information and news draw the most mobile Internet browsers.

76 Percent of U.S. CEOs See Greater Inbound Foreign Investment in the Next Year

added: 14-08-2008

In a Grant Thornton LLP national survey of 250 U.S. chief executive officers, three-quarters (76%) of respondents anticipate that foreign companies will invest more in U.S. businesses over the next year. Two out of five respondents think that the money will come from the Asia/Pacific Rim region, while one out of three think the money will come from the Middle East.

Asian Stockmarkets: Asia Down as Japan Slumps, Australia Eases

added: 14-08-2008

Asian stockmarkets dropped yesterday, driving the region's main index to a two-year low, after Japan's economy contracted and companies reported weaker profit growth. The Japanese slowdown, the Chinese bear market, more write-offs in the US banking industry and poorly received profits in Australia were the main drivers behind a sharper than expected loss across the region yesterday.

Emerging Markets: Inflationary Pressures Have Been Boosted By a Rapid Increase in Credit

added: 14-08-2008

Over the last year, the crisis in the inter-bank market, and the soaring prices of oil and other raw materials, have tended to obscure several other important trends. In most of the developing world (i.e. the vast majority of the countries whose banking industries are surveyed by BMI), lending has been growing quickly. In many emerging markets, inflationary pressures have been boosted by a rapid increase in credit. In a number of emerging markets, macro-economic imbalances are evident.

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