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CEO Confidence Rebounds After a Historic Fall

added: 05-09-2008

The Chief Executive magazine's CEO Confidence Index rose by over 10 percent in August according to 292 top executives surveyed. The current CEO Confidence Index stands at 92.6, the highest since May 2008 when it was at 95.8. All component indices, which are used to track confidence in more targeted parts of the economy, rose in August as well.

US: Productivity and Costs, Second Quarter 2008

added: 05-09-2008

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported revised productivity data - as measured by output per hour of all
persons - for the second quarter of 2008.

Sales Volume of China's MP3/MP4 Players Reaches 3 Million Sets

added: 05-09-2008

The sales volume of China's MP3/PMP player market reached 3.07million sets in 2008H1, down 39.19% year-on-year; sales revenue reached 1.99 billion Yuan in 2008H1, down 40.51% year-on-year. The player market passed the first half of the year in downslide with the MP3 player market being the worst hit sector.

The Fraser Institute: "Smart Growth" Policies Increase Housing Costs and Worsen Congestion

added: 05-09-2008

The "smart growth" ideal of high density urban housing and limits on land use yields few real benefits but imposes enormous costs on families, according to noted environmental economist Randal O'Toole.

Make Freight a Higher Rail Network Priority, Says European Parliament

added: 05-09-2008

The European Commission should allocate at least 40% of EU transport infrastructure appropriations to the railways and prioritise freight, to reduce the need for road transport, says an own-initiative adopted by the European Parliament with 541 votes in favour, 6 against and 15 abstentions.

Venture Capital Investment in Canada Declined 31%

added: 05-09-2008

The Canadian Venture Capital Association (CVCA) released its Q2 figures last week based on statistical reports from Thomson-Reuters. The data paints a gloomy picture for the venture capital investment industry in Canada, and especially in Ontario where VC investment has declined by 60% in the past year.

Housing Price Declines are Slowing Coast to Coast as Housing 'Bubble' Pops

added: 05-09-2008

Global Insight released the second quarter 2008 update of the U.S. housing valuation analysis, House Prices in America, showing that single-family home prices continue to fall across the country, though at a slower rate than last quarter, and that extreme overvaluation of house prices is essentially nonexistent, a sign the nation's housing "bubble" has popped and house prices reflect a healthy balance in relation to long-term fundamentals.

US Car Sales Slide Continues

added: 05-09-2008

In the US car sales were again very weak last month, despite the drop in oil and petrol prices.

Asian Turmoil Continues

added: 04-09-2008

Talk of intervention in foreign exchange markets by a group of Asian central banks as the unrest in Thailand continued and the South Korean won fell to new four year lows.

CRB Index, a Global Benchmark for Commodities Prices, Has Fallen

added: 04-09-2008

The downturn in commodities since the middle of July has been pretty vicious and this week it seemed to be made more tense by the way the market fell across the board as Hurricane Gustav squibbed it and didn't prove to be the major destroying storm that many had feared.

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