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Customs likely to miss financial goals this year
Manila :: Philippines | about 17 hours ago
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Only P237 billion may only be collected by the bureau, �more or less P36 billion" short of its P273.5 billion target this year, Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales said. He blamed �different factors" for the agency�s failure to meet its goal, including...
Tags: economic activity, financial goals, Philippines, Manila, Climate crisis, Presidency of Barack Obama, United States federal banking legislation, Economy of Pakistan, Foreign relations of Japan, 111th United States Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Business Finance
Inflation slashed as food prices fall -- ...Decline in economic activity too
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 3 days ago
Credibility Inflation slashed as food prices fall ...Decline in economic activity too Curtis Rampersad Business Editor Saturday, November 21st 2009 There has been a sharp deceleration in the rate of inflation in the country. Headline inflation fell to 2.7 per cent...
Tags: economic activity, Central Bank, food price, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Disinflation, Inflation, Core inflation, RPIX, Business Finance
Initial jobless claims hold at 505,000
Washington :: DC :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility First-time claims for U.S. unemployment insurance benefits were unchanged in the week ending Nov. 14, the U.S...Claims held even at 505,000 after three consecutive weeks of declines...The week prior to that saw a drop of 1,000 first time claims.
Tags: Conference Board, AOL, economic indicators, economic activity, U.S, leading economic, jobless claims, Washington, Shoppers Drug Mart, Business Finance, Navistar International, Kroger, Insurance, Employment law, Unemployment benefits, Unemployment, Labor, Leading indicators, Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, Consumer confidence, Index of Leading Indicators, Macroeconomics, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Labor economics, Employment, Industrial agriculture, Meatpacking, Tyson Foods, Time Warner, Sears Holdings Corporation, Index numbers
Fed leaves key short-term rate near zero to aid recovery
Tōkyō :: Japan | 20 days ago
Credibility The Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to hold its target for overnight interest rates to zero to 0.25 percent and pledged keep them at the record-low levels for an ''extended period'' in a bid to ensure a nascent recovery gains traction. To access full...
Tags: US Federal Reserve, Federal Open Market Committee, Nikkei Stock Average, central bank, economic activity, Tokyo Stock Exchange, extended period, RBA
Economic reports point to bumpy recovery
Frankfurt :: Germany | 29 days ago
Credibility Regional economic reports on Monday suggested the U.S. economy has clambered back to levels associated with the end of recession, but recovery will be patchy and may prove fleeting. Economic activity and manufacturing data for the U.S. Mid West and Texas...
Tags: oil price, U.S. Mid West, Nigerian, Chicago Federal Reserve, activity index, crude oil, economic activity, militant group, light sweet, sweet crude
Boston Business Journal: Stabilization, but worries remain
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Federal Reserve’s closely-watched beige book had a mixed story. Commercial real estate and consumer spending, which accounts for more than 70 percent of the U.S. economy, remain weak, but the housing market and manufacturing showed signs of life during...
Tags: Federal Reserve, economic activity, Boston Business Journal, commercial real, real estate, beige book, Ohio
Economy shows 'modest improvements,' Fed report says
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The economy is showing "modest improvements," a report from the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, even as those improvements were said to be small and scattered. The latest beige book, an eight-times-a-year compilation of anecdotal reports from businesses...
Tags: Federal Reserve, beige book, Fed Continues, KC Fed, Latest Fed, real estate, modest improvement, economic activity, commercial real, small gains
Decline in economic activity 'moderating'
Dublin :: Ireland | about 1 month ago
Credibility The pace of decline in economic activity is moderating, and Ireland will likely experience a modest recovery at best next year, with output in 2010 about 14 per cent lower than in 2007, according to a new forecast. The Central Bank's quarterly bulletin,...
Tags: Central Bank, economic activity
Consumer spending jumps 1.3 percent in August
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Consumer spending, propelled by the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers auto sales program, shot up in August by the largest amount in nearly eight years even though personal incomes continued to lag. The Commerce Department says that consumer spending rose...
Tags: consumers spending, economic activity, percent pace, domestic product, buttressed beliefs, economy dip, recession faded, gross domestic, activity shrinking
Asia shares ex-Japan down, dollar steady
Hong Kong :: China | 2 months ago
Credibility Asia Pacific stocks traded outside Japan was down 1.2 percent. Shares in Korea fell more than 1 percent with some concern that a strengthening Korean won could hurt export competitiveness. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index shed 2 percent and new listing...
Tags: economic activity, U.S, Federal Reserve, federal reserves, stock futures, oil price, rates unchanged, China, Hong Kong
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