... in Q4 to 0.8%. The more recent monthly data on spending are less upbeat, with retail sales volumes dropping 0.6% on the month in January. But steady increases in earnings, which grew 8.2% year-on-year in ...  |  read more...

... to falter, with goods exports in US$ terms contracting by over 2% year-on-year in December. Within this, demand in Europe remains the weakest market (with sales down around 10%), but even previously rapid export growth ...  |  read more...

... manufacturing industries are covered per country, six service sectors and other relevant series (car sales, steel production, gross value added). Presents Value-Added Numbers. Forecasts are produced for output or value-added, a proxy of each industry's ...  |  read more...

... exerting a drag on growth, GDP grew by just 0.3% overall. More recent monthly data suggest that the growth rate of consumption has continued to slow, with retail sales volumes in May-July falling by 0.6% ...  |  read more...

... on the month in July. As a result of this weak data and the deterioration in the economic outlook, we have lowered our forecast for consumption growth to 4.4% for 2011, followed by 3.7% in ...  |  read more...

... petrol/garage card; credit card; debit card; investment account; home loan; vehicle finance; retails store card; overdraft, investment in mutual fund; investment in stock exchange, short-term/long-term policies. It answers the question: what are the historical consumer ...  |  read more...

... services grew by a solid 0.9%. The monthly data suggest that consumption has remained the driver of demand, with retail sales growing by 0.7% on the month in March and new vehicle sales by 3.2% ...  |  read more...

... industries are covered per country, six service sectors and other relevant series (car sales, steel production, gross value added). Presents Value-Added Numbers. Forecasts are produced for output or value-added, a proxy of each industry's GDP. ...  |  read more...

... second month, at 51.7, in December. The main driver of growth in the economy continues to be consumption; new vehicle sales grew by 6.3% on the quarter in Q4 and were up 31.4% on the ...  |  read more...

... with the manufacturing PMI remaining just below 50 in October. Though trending higher, consumption is limited by falling house prices, which have fallen 4.6% from their peak in April, and stagnant employment levels. The pace ...  |  read more...

... lifted exports, but strike disruption in the mining sector limited the contribution of net exports to growth to just 0.2% points. In addition, investment grew at a disappointing quarterly rate of 0.2%, holding the GDP ...  |  read more...

... manufacturing industries are covered per country, six service sectors and other relevant series (car sales, steel production, gross value added). Presents Value-Added Numbers. Forecasts are produced for output or value-added, a proxy of each industry'ss ...  |  read more...

... Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative ...  |  read more...