Capital Economics

The Surprising Reason Productivity Is Falling

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: JPMorgan Chase, Unemployment, Worker Output, Inflation, Economy, Labor Department, Jobseekers, Employment, Capital Economics, Hiring, U.S. Worker Productivity, Recession, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — U.S. worker productivity fell from January through March by the most in a year. Stronger hiring at the start of the year was partly...

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Eurozone Hits Awful Record

AP | PAN PYLAS | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Eurozone, IHS Global Insight, Jobs, Jobless, European Union, Spain, European Central Bank, Mass Unemployment, European Debt Crisis, Video, Unemployment, Greece, Inflation, Eurostat, Capital Economics, Consumers, Austerity Measures, Business News

LONDON — Mass unemployment in Greece and Spain, where nearly half of those under 25 are out of work, sent the jobless rate across the 17-nation ...

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UPDATES: German Business Owners Optimistic Despite Debt Crisis Worries

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, European Stocks, Video, Business Sentiment, Germany, HSBC Trinkaus, GfK Institute, Capital Economics, Euro Zone, Recession, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Austerity, Business News

BERLIN (Alexandra Hudson) - German business sentiment rose sharply in December, defying expectations for a decline and underscoring the resilience...

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A Housing Market Divided: The Rich And Everyone Else

AP | By MICHELLE CONLIN | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Housing Market, Foreclosure Crisis, Corporate Profits, Zillow.com, Mortgage, Great Recession, Capital Economics, Foreclosure, Corelogic, Great Depression, Business News

-- In America, it's starting to feel as if there are two housing markets. One for the rich and one for everyone else. Consider foreclosure-ravaged D...

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Wall Street's Plunge Threatens Already-Weak Consumer Confidence

AP | PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: J.P. Morgan Funds, Northwest Airlines, Consumer Confidence, Wall Street, Stock Prices, Job Insecurity, Double-Dip Recession, Europe's Debt Crisis, Astor Asset Management, Capital Economics, Consumer Spending, Rasmussen Consumer Index, Business News

WASHINGTON — What little confidence consumers have is being undermined by the tumult on Wall Street. Americans struggling with lean wages and j...

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Weaker Dollar Sends Oil Prices Up

AP | By ALEX KENNEDY | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: New York Mercantile Exchange, Commodities, Unemployment Rate, Singapore, Barclays Capital, Middle East, Capital Economics, Oil Prices, ICE Futures Exchange, U.S. Dollar, London, Euro, Business News

SINGAPORE -- Oil prices rose to near $100 a barrel Monday in Asia, bouncing back from last week's plunge, as a weaker U.S. dollar made commodities les...

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Corporate Profits At All-Time High As Recovery Stumbles

HuffingtonPost.com | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost Cutting, Corporate Profits, IHS Global Insight, Lynn Reaser, Labor Department, Employment, Bank Profits, BMO Capital Markets, Nariman Behravesh, Loma Nazarene University, Layoffs, Increased Labour Costs, Unemployment, Gdp, Financial Firms, Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics, Hiring, Unemployment Benefits, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Sal Guatieri, Business News

NEW YORK -- Despite high unemployment and a largely languishing real estate market, U.S. businesses are more profitable than ever, according to federa...

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Economic Reports Raise Hopes For Global Recovery

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Reports, Recovery, Capital Economics, Commerce Department, Jared Wadley, Shoppertrak, Recession, Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Business News

WASHINGTON — Just in time for Christmas, the fragile economic recovery is showing signs of strengthening: Consumers are spending, companies are ...

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