May 6, 2013
China Services PMI Slows to Marginal Rate of Growth
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Guru’s blog in Spanish highlights the dramatic retail spending situation in Spain. Here is a Mish-modified translation. Last month I discussed the retail drama in Spain
The Financial Times reports Greens and SPD close ranks in battle against Angela Merkel . Germany’s main centre-left opposition parties closed ranks over the weekend in their uphill battle against Angela Merkel, with the Greens signalling a decisive shift to the left. During a three-day party congress in Berlin five months before national elections, the Greens positioned themselves to the left of the Social Democrats (SPD) with calls for higher income tax and a property levy on the rich
Spain’s Unemployment Rate Rises Full Percentage Point to Record 27.2%; Unemployment Tops 6.2 Million Spain’s budget deficits are out of control, home prices are still falling, GDP is down 2% annualized in the first quarter , production is down, the unemployment rate soared a full percentage point to 27.16%, and a record 6.2 million are out of work. Here are some stats from Spain’s National Statistics Office as noted in the Financial Times . Almost 240,000 people lost their jobs in the first three months of the year.
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