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Morpace Reports: Consumer Banking Confidence Slides Again

added: 09-02-2009

Consumer confidence in the financial strength of banks dropped again in January, according to a new national Morpace poll. Even customers' financial certainty about their own bank, which normally remains high and stable, has eroded significantly.

US Job Market: SHRM Says Expect Hiring to Hit Deep Freeze in February 2009

added: 09-02-2009

Hiring will drop substantially in both the manufacturing and private service sectors compared to this time last year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) LINE(R) Employment Report.

82 Percent of Consumers Buying Green Despite Battered Economy

added: 09-02-2009

Four out of five people say they are still buying green products and services today - which sometimes cost more - even in the midst of a U.S. recession.

US Search Ad Spending Falters?

added: 09-02-2009

Search advertising used to be reliable and solid, but growth is slowing even in this stalwart segment of the online economy. US search advertising spending fell 8% year over year in Q4 2008, according to search marketing firm Efficient Frontier. The company said it was the first quarterly decline on a year-over-year basis since it began monitoring search ad spending.

Employee Confidence Index Rises 2.3 Points in January 2009

added: 09-02-2009

The Spherion Employee Confidence Index increased 2.3 points to 42.7 in January from last month's survey low of 40.4. The Index, which measures workers' confidence in their personal employment situation and optimism in the economic environment, reveals that more workers are confident in their ability to find a new job. In addition, more workers (34 percent) reported that they are likely to look for a job in the next twelve months, up one percentage point from December.

Fitch: Global Structured Finance Rating Actions Reach New Highs in Q4 2008

added: 09-02-2009

Fitch Ratings says that negative rating actions by the agency for global structured finance (SF) transactions during Q408 touched new quarterly highs in many asset classes and key regions. As the recession took hold, both the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) and Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) sectors saw the largest numbers of negative rating actions in Q4 2008 compared with any previous quarter, in both the US and Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) regions.

US Employment Situation in January 2009

added: 09-02-2009

Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000) and the unemployment rate rose from 7.2 to 7.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Payroll employment has declined by 3.6 million since the start of the recession in December 2007; about one-half of this decline occurred in the past 3 months. In January, job losses were large and widespread across nearly all major industry sectors.

Kline Anticipates Healthy Growth for the Naturals Market in the Face of the Economic Downturn

added: 09-02-2009

The natural personal care market in the United States topped out at just over $2 billion in sales at the manufacturers' level, up nearly 19% from 2007, according to a newly released study from Kline & Company.

Fitch: EMEA Industrial Companies Cut 2009 Capex by 29% to Support Credit Profiles

added: 09-02-2009

In a new report Fitch Ratings says that EMEA industrial companies are using the scaling back of capital expenditure (capex) plans as the main tool to protect their credit profiles from the recessionary effects of rapidly eroding profitability and cash generation.

“Why Do Consumers Stay with Their Current Bank?” - The Answer Might Surprise You

added: 09-02-2009

In the financial industry’s current environment of economic challenges, mergers, and credit deficiencies, you would probably expect consumers to have strong feelings about the importance of their institution’s security and stability. However, according to a recent study by Informa Research Services, Inc., that is not the case.

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