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The Conference Board announced that the leading index for the U.K declined 0.2 percent, and the coincident index increased 0.1 percent in July.

As monitoring data from CCID Consulting reveals, in the first half of 2007, domestic Chinese mobile phones featured a sales volume of 71.478 million sets and a sales revenue of 84.58 billion Yuan, with a respective growth of 25.5% and 5.5% compared with the same period last year

The United Kingdom's Travel & Tourism economy is expected to generate over GBP190 billion in 2007, growing faster than the current rate of inflation at 3.1 per cent per annum between 2008 and 2017, according to the latest research from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

Online job opportunities across the EU slowed in August as the Monster Employment Index Europe dropped five points to its pre-Summer level. August saw the first decline in online hiring since January but despite the dip, online hiring is up 17 percent since the beginning of the year. Sectors showing the most significant declines in August included education, training and library; and hospitality and tourism.

U.S. consumers are obsessed with managing their personal finances, according to research released by Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. More than a third of U.S. consumers, dubbed 'nano-economists,' are able to state their bank balance at any given time, and an additional 42 percent typically know their bank balance to the nearest $200.

U.S. employers plan to maintain a stable, yet cautious approach toward hiring in the final quarter of 2007, according to the seasonally adjusted results of the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc.

Tenant demand now outstrips supply in all areas of the rental market, even as private landlords continue to invest in the sector. This is revealed in the latest quarterly survey of ARLA member letting agents just published.

According to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, fourth-quarter hiring expectations are mostly positive, but with varying degrees of optimism across the 27 countries and territories surveyed. Employers in seven countries are reporting their most optimistic hiring plans since the survey began in these countries: Japan, Germany, India, Sweden, Australia, Costa Rica and Peru.

Based on an update for the seven largest Member States in the European Union, the Commission forecasts economic growth in 2007 at 2.8% in the EU and 2.5% in the euro area. This represents a downward revision of 0.1 percentage points (pp.) compared with the spring forecast. European growth is expected to remain supported by sound fundamentals and a still favourable global environment. Nevertheless, the recent turbulence has clearly increased the downward risks to this outlook. On the inflation front, consumer prices in 2007 are expected to increase by 2.2% in the EU and 2.0% in the euro area (up by 0.1 pp. compared with the spring) as higher commodity prices take their toll.

The US markets closed little changed on Monday as strength in technology stocks helped offset lingering concerns about the credit and mortgage markets.