1 0 Archive | December, 2011
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SUBSCRIBERS: Coverage Of Japan Economic Indicators

SUBSCRIBERS: Please note that, effective January 2012, Dow Jones Newswires will no longer provide coverage of the following Japanese economic statistics:

– All Industries Activities Index

– Corporate Goods Price Index

– Corporate Service Price Index

– Money Supply statistics

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Official: Brazil To Calibrate ’12 Spending For Growth -Report

BRASILIA -(Dow Jones)- Brazil’s government will calibrate the disbursement of spending in the country’s 2012 budget according to its aim to maintain growth during the year, Treasury Secretary Arno Augustin said, according to the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.

Augustin

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Conf Board: Dec US Consumer Confidence Jumped 9.3 Points To 64.5

  By Javier E. David
  Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
 

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- American consumers remain surprisingly upbeat about the economy’s outlook, according to a report released Tuesday, the latest illustration of how U.S. economic data have defied the gravitational pull

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US Consumer Confidence Jumps in December

NEW YORK — American consumers remain surprisingly upbeat about the economy’s outlook, according to a report released Tuesday, the latest illustration of how U.S. economic data have defied the gravitational pull of Europe’s debt problems and instability abroad.

The Conference

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Richmond Fed Dec Manufacturing Index Rises To 3

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Economic activity among manufacturers in the central Atlantic region firmed this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported Tuesday, as its gauge of the service sector staged a recovery from neutral territory.

The bank’s manufacturing

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Treasury Sees US Debt Nearing Limit

WASHINGTON — The U.S. debt will come within $ 100 billion of its ceiling on Friday, and the Treasury Department anticipates the Obama administration will begin steps to seek a $ 1.2 trillion increase in the limit.

A senior Treasury

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Dallas Fed Dec Business Activity Index Falls To -3.0 From 3.2

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Business conditions in Texas-area manufacturing weakened noticeably in December, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, while key subcomponents staged a modest rebound from the last reading.

The bank said its general

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index Rises

NEW YORK — Economic activity among manufacturers in the central Atlantic region firmed this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported Tuesday, as its gauge of the service sector staged a recovery from neutral territory.

The bank’s manufacturing general-business

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Dallas Fed Dec Business Activity Index Falls

NEW YORK — Business conditions in Texas-area manufacturing weakened noticeably in December, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, while key subcomponents staged a modest rebound from the last reading.

The bank said its general business

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Brazil’s Mantega: Government To Alter Tariff Rule On Textiles

BRASILIA -(Dow Jones)- Brazil’s government will alter application of import tariffs on textiles to a per item system from a price-based system, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Tuesday.

Speaking in Sao Paulo during receipt of an award from the Brazilian

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Brazil’s Mantega: Government To Alter Tariff Rule On Textiles

BRASILIA -(Dow Jones)- Brazil’s government will alter application of import tariffs on textiles to a per item system from a price-based system, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Tuesday.

Speaking in Sao Paulo during receipt of an award from the Brazilian

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Dallas Fed Dec Business Activity Index Falls

NEW YORK — Business conditions in Texas-area manufacturing weakened noticeably in December, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, while key subcomponents staged a modest rebound from the last reading.

The bank said its general business

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index Rises

NEW YORK — Economic activity among manufacturers in the central Atlantic region firmed this month, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported Tuesday, as its gauge of the service sector staged a recovery from neutral territory.

The bank’s manufacturing general-business

Read full story »
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Dallas Fed Dec Business Activity Index Falls To -3.0 From 3.2

NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Business conditions in Texas-area manufacturing weakened noticeably in December, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, while key subcomponents staged a modest rebound from the last reading.

The bank said its general

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