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US Employment Situation in August 2009
added: 07-09-2009

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000), and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Although job losses continued in many of the major industry sectors in August, the declines have moderated in recent months.
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The Conference Board Annual Salary Increase Budgets Survey Reports Lowest Forecast in 25 years
added: 07-09-2009

The Conference Board Annual Salary Increase Budgets Survey, released one week before Labor Day, reports the lowest yearly forecast for company salary budgets since the survey began 25 years ago. The 2010 median forecast salary increase budget is 3.00 percent in all employee categories, down a half percent from the previous year.
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Employee Confidence Index Reaches Highest Level in Over a Year
added: 07-09-2009

The Spherion Employee Confidence Index registered at its highest level since December 2007, increasing 3.2 points to 49.9 in August. The Index, which measures workers' confidence in their personal employment situation and optimism in the economic environment, reveals that a higher percentage of U.S. workers are confident in the strength of the economy. Other key indices remained stable or showed slight increases from July's results.
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NYSE Euronext Announces Trading Volumes for August 2009
added: 07-09-2009

NYSE Euronext announced trading volumes for its global cash equities and derivatives exchanges for August 2009 . Trading volumes in August generally rebounded from July levels resulting in year-over-year increases across all trading venues with European cash and derivatives volume up 5.3% and 15.9%, respectively, and U.S. cash and derivatives volume up 6.4% and 66.9%, respectively.
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Fitch: Global Insurance Industry’s Negative Outlook Unlikely to Be Revised in Near-Term
added: 06-09-2009

The factors contributing to Fitch Ratings’ Negative Outlook for the global insurance industry are unlikely to improve enough in the near term to allow for a revision to a Stable Outlook. In a report Fitch describes the signs it will look for to signal an Outlook improvement including the strength of the economic recovery, improved capital access and financial flexibility and greater certainty regarding investment valuations.
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Social Networking Sites Account for More than 20 Percent of All U.S. Online Display Ad Impressions
added: 05-09-2009

comScore, Inc. released a study of U.S. online display advertising on social networking sites in June 2009, based on data from the comScore Ad Metrix service. The study showed that social networking sites accounted for more than 20 percent of all display ads viewed online, with MySpace and Facebook combining to deliver more than 80 percent of ads among sites in the social networking category.
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Euro Area MFI Interest Rate Statistics: July 2009
added: 04-09-2009

In July 2009 the average MFI interest rates on new deposits showed mixed developments while the majority of the average MFI interest rates on new loans further decreased. In addition, almost all of the average MFI interest rates on outstanding amounts of deposits and loans decreased by 10 or more basis points.
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ADB: Climate Change Threatens Water, Food Security of 1.6 Billion South Asians
added: 04-09-2009

Melting Himalayan glaciers and other climate change impacts pose a direct threat to the water and food security of more than 1.6 billion people in South Asia, according to preliminary findings of a new study financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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US Productivity and Costs, Second Quarter 2009
added: 04-09-2009

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 6.6 percent annual rate during the second quarter of 2009, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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Economic Survey of Iceland 2009
added: 04-09-2009

Against the backdrop of the global financial turmoil and recession, Iceland has been struck by a banking crisis of unprecedented proportions and the economy has plunged into a deep recession. The plight of the banking system was in part the consequence of the sudden shutdown of global capital markets. But Icelandic banks’ aggressive expansion strategies in an atmosphere of ineffective supervision rendered them highly vulnerable.
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