STATUS CHECK: CULTURE WAR MORE COMPLICATED AT GROUND LEVEL

WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The following is Tuesday’s status check of developments in the U.S. that can influence economic, health and political outcomes: The conflicted national mood was well represented Tuesday, with the stark warnings from the Republican National Convention speakers the night before of what was described as a choice between “church, work and school […]

DATA FLASH: US AUGUST CONFIDENCE FALLS FURTHER AS CONCERNS GROW

–Confidence in Both Current Conditions, Expectations Drop Sharply–July New Home Sales Jump by 13.9% To 901,000 SAAR, up 36.3% Yr/Yr  –Manufacturing Regional Data Mixed, But Further Services Improvement By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) -The Conference Board’s U.S. consumer confidence index fell to a reading of 84.8 in August from a downward revised 91.7 reading in […]

GERMAN BUSINESS SENTIMENT CONTINUED TO IMPROVE IN AUGUST

By Marco Babic ZURICH (MaceNews) – Business sentiment in Germany improved for the fourth consecutive month in August as both current conditions and expectations for the situation in the next six months rose. The Ifo Index of Business Sentiment rose to 92.6 in August, slightly above the median forecast of 92.4 in an Econoday survey […]