CareerBuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site, and USA TODAY released the results of their latest survey, conducted by Harris Interactive(R), tracking projected hiring trends for the upcoming quarter.
In February 2008 compared with January 2008, the industrial producer price index rose by 0.6% in the euro area (EA15) and by 0.5% in the EU27. In January prices increased by 0.9% and 1.1% respectively.
Fitch Ratings has said that the imminent change of the UK capital gains tax regime may lead to the first major test of performance for buy-to-let (BTL) mortgages. The UK BTL sector has grown rapidly and performance has been stable since the market's inception in 1996.
Fitch Ratings has said that housing- and consumer-led downturns in advanced economies will drive world growth to its lowest level in five years in 2008, despite robust growth in Brazil, Russia, China and India (BRIC) and other emerging markets. Fitch predicts GDP growth in 2008 to be 1% in the US, 1.3% in Japan, 1.4% in the UK and 1.7% in the euro area.
The pace of collapsing mortgage companies has slowed this year, according to data from http://www.MortgageGraveyard.com, a journal of failed, ailing and acquired lenders. Net branch operations are dominant among the latest victims.
According to some analysts, the Japanese economy could be headed for a mild recession this year, following the release of a survey showing sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers has sunk to a four-year low. The Bank of Japan Tankan survey is seen as further evidence of a worsening economic outlook.
The market having a great day - up 148 – on the back of Wall Street's big session overnight. The SFE Futures sugggested a 176 point rise in the market this morning.
Spring brings renewal and this spring in parliament MEPs will be considering a new Commission directive on renewable energy. In March last year EU leaders set a target of 20% of energy from renewable sources like the wind and sea by 2020. Alongside greater energy efficiency and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions it is hoped these steps will mitigate climate change. In the first of our series on the climate change package, we look at the proposed legislation and its likely impact.
College graduates beginning their careers this spring will find the job market offering a range of unique and highly-rewarding employment opportunities, according to industry research firm IBISWorld, Inc. As one of the nation's most respected independent publishers of business intelligence research reports, IBISWorld today announced its top 10 industry picks offering the fastest growing number of jobs and growth in wages. But to find these jobs, graduates will need to do their research.
In March, the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose by 1.7 points in the EU and decreased by 0.6 points in the euro area, to 102.0 and 99.6 respectively. Following a continuous decline since mid-2007, the indicator rebounded somewhat in the EU on the back of a sharp improvement in services confidence in the UK. Meanwhile, it weakened further in the euro area and now stands just below its long-term average.
