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1.078 This was the worst October for shipments since 2011 and the worst September since 2010. In addition, Every month this year except January and February were worse than the same month a year ago
Import/Export Price Deflation: Export Prices -0.6%, Double Consensus Estimate; Import Prices -0.4% Half Estimate; Net Negative for GDP Import/Export Price Deflation Import/export price deflation continues in November. The kicker this month is a decline in exports prices greater than the decline in import prices with agricultural products leading the way, down a steep 1.1%. The Bloomberg Econoday consensus estimate was for export prices to dip -0.3% and import prices to dip -0.8%
Yesterday, I received an email from Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy .
The Canadian dollar, affectionately known as the loonie because of a loon on the one dollar coin, has crashed vs. the US dollar. US Dollar vs
The English version El Pais asks Is it time for Spain to address its plummeting birth rate? Figures from the National Statistics Institute (INS) show there was a peak in 1944, with 23 births per 1,000 inhabitants. But that number bottomed out in 1998 when only nine births per 1,000 were reported.“We have seen an incredible decline in the birth rate, which has been cut by half since 1975, and this trend is here to stay,†says Andrés, of the University of Palencia
This was a Historic Result for the National Front but it does need follow-through next week. France’s far-right National Front party appeared on course for a historic victory in the first round of regional elections on Sunday, winning more than 30 per cent of the vote and delivering a stunning blow to the country’s traditional parties.
BIS Points Finger at Yellen, Draghi: Warns About "Unthinkably" Low Interest Rates, Bond Market "Dislocations" In it latest quarterly report, the BIS (Bank of International Settlements), pointed a direct finger at Fed chair Janet Yellen with an even bigger point at ECB president Mario Draghi.
More: Second Strong Payroll Number +211,000; December Rate Hike Assured
ECB president Mario Draghi’s announcement today regarding more QE fell far short of the sky-high expectations of market participants. Draghi Recap ECB would continue its €60bn-a-month bond buying program for another 6 months until March 2017 “or beyondâ€
US News reports US Construction Spending Jumps to 8-Year High, Lifted by Home Building, Federal Government .