December 2, 2023
by Calculated Risk on 11/03/2023 04:54:00 PM From the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Rail Time Indicators. Graphs and excerpts reprinted with permission. Combined originated carloads and intermodal units on U.S. railroads averaged 499,331 per week in October 2023, the most for any month since June 2021 — a span of 28 months. Part of
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Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The number of unemployed people in Germany rose by the biggest amount in more than a year as vacancies fell in October, adding to signs of cracks in Europe’s labour market. The German jobless rate
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THE average farmgate price of palay (unmilled rice) went up by 9.4 percent to P19.23 per kilogram (kg) in June, the government said. Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed that the average price of palay in June this year was higher by 9.4 percent from the P17.58 per kg average recorded in June
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NEW DELHI: India’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.8 percent in the June quarter, official figures showed on Thursday, despite government fears over the impact of higher consumer prices on household budgets. The South Asian nation overtook Britain last year to become the world’s fifth-largest economy, and recently surpassed China to become the most
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by Calculated Risk on 8/29/2023 10:11:00 AM Today, in the Calculated Risk Real Estate Newsletter: Case-Shiller: National House Price Index Unchanged year-over-year in June Excerpt: The recent increase in mortgage rates to over 7% will not impact the Case-Shiller index until reports are released in the Fall.…Here is a comparison of year-over-year change in median
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by Calculated Risk on 8/29/2023 09:00:00 AM S&P/Case-Shiller released the monthly Home Price Indices for June (“June” is a 3-month average of April, May and June closing prices). This release includes prices for 20 individual cities, two composite indices (for 10 cities and 20 cities) and the monthly National index. From S&P S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller
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THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) said Wednesday that 285 die and mold projects worth P23.49 billion had been generated as of June, thanks to the commitment of the Philippine Die and Mold Association (PDMA) and ecozone locators. Speaking at the opening of the 10th Philippine Die and Mold Machineries and Equipment Exhibition at the
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by Calculated Risk on 8/21/2023 11:12:00 AM This is something I check occasionally. The Department of Transportation (DOT) reported: Travel on all roads and streets changed by +3.1% (+8.4 billion vehicle miles) for June 2023 as compared with June 2022. Travel for the month is estimated to be 283.0 billion vehicle miles. The seasonally adjusted
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Tablet market shipment in India declined by 22% year-over-year in the June 2023 quarter, while it grew 29% quarter-on-quarter, CyberMedia Research said in a report. Apple led the tablet market with a marginally higher share than Samsung. “The overall tablet market witnessed a 22% YoY decline in the second quarter, 2023,” CMR’s Tablet PC market
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SEOUL: South Korea’s money supply grew faster in June due to higher demand for bank deposits, caused by higher interest rates, central bank data showed on Friday. The M2, or broad money, expanded 2.4 percent in June from a year earlier, after rising 2.3 percent in the previous month, according to the Bank of Korea.
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