Growth

Economic Growth Is Just Around the Corner

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

If seems that every which way we look, evidence continues to mount in support of economic growth. We have our suspicions as to why this is happening but to be honest these suspicions are of little significance. What's important is simply that it is happening . Note how the US Treasury market is behaving. TIPs are on the verge of breaking out against non inflation protected treasuries and long dated...

U.S. stock futures add to advance after data

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stock futures extended early Thursday gains after economic data shed a positive light on the jobs front and the country's economic growth. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 31 points to 9,816.00. Futures for the S&P 500 added 3.6 points to 1,050.60. Those for the Nasdaq 100 added 8.50 points to 1,695.25. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short...

For a real fiscal stimulus, let's invade Europe!

Adam Smith Institute Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

Here is Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on how to bring a major recession to an end : It took the giant public works project known as World War II — a project that finally silenced the penny pinchers — to bring the Depression to an end. The lesson from FDR's limited success on the employment front, then, is that you have to be really bold in your job-creation plans. Basically, businesses and...

How To Play The Oil Conspiracy Theories

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Despite the world’s economic growth woes this year and consequent decreased energy demand in the U.S., the price of oil has held up pretty well this year ($77 as of November 3) when you’d actually think that it would be lower. [More...]

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AllWorld Network Convenes Summit of Entrepreneurs to Accelerate Economic Growth in the Middle East and Africa

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- AllWorld Network, the creator of the Saudi 100 and South Africa 100 lists of fast growth companies, kicked off the convening of its first summit to accelerating growth entrepreneurship in the Middle East and Africa. Co-hosted by the United Nations Office for Partnerships and the Business Council for International Understanding, the event brings business, government...

U.S. Housing: No Longer a Drag on the Economy but Far from Standing on Its Own

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Individual Global Investor submits: I mentioned back in March that a housing bottom would be evident by the end of the summer. As we will see below, the last six months have been largely positive for the U.S. housing market but the process has not been cheap. It’s taken more than a trillion dollars in government stimulus, GSE takeovers and purchases in mortgage-backed securities but it is official....

Obama stresses job creation at White House meeting

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Barack Obama is stressing job creation at the White House Monday morning, telling an economic recovery advisory board that there's no reason the U.S. can't create more jobs and hasten sustainable economic growth. Obama said the economy is seeing "stabilization and some improvement" but that more jobs need to be created. Obama also told the board that...

U.S. Finally Sees Growth but Still Faces Debt

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

For the first time since Q2 ’08, the U.S economy returned to grow in Q3’ 09, +3.5% q/q annualized, ahead of the +3.2% q/q annualized expected by the consensus of economists. Nevertheless, positive third-quarter GDP growth did not help dispel the uncertainty surrounding the US economic outlook as the fiscal stimulus implemented in Q3 comes to an end. Indeed, economic growth in Q3 was driven...

October Ends in Concern over the U.S. Economy's Ability to Generate Growth

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Market Blog submits: by David Berman C elebrating positive economic growth was so Thursday. On Friday, investors returned to worrying about the health of the U.S. economy, driving down major stock market indexes in a sharp and widespread selloff. Complete Story »

Peter Schiff: U.S. GDP Growth Isn't Real And The Recession Isn't Over

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

The better than expected 3.5% third quarter U.S. GDP growth has encouraged some more risk appetite into stocks and commodities, as the U.S. dollar weakens. Weakness in the dollar also helped gold breaking five straight sessions of losses. Gold has been rising along with stocks and other investments positively tied to economic growth and partly to the weak dollar. [More...]

Banks and miners keep London shares positive

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Banking and resource stocks helped the FTSE 100 make small gains on Friday as the pace of the rally inspired by the return to economic growth in the US started to fade

Asian stocks bounce back on US data

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Asian stocks bounced back from their worst drop in two months, with investors taking heart from the United States' return to economic growth, which gave reassurance on the recovery's staying power

U.S. Economic Growth Surprises In The Third Quarter

iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

The Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus package has yielded results as the U.S. economy grew for the first time since the second quarter of 2008. [More...]

Dollar Strength and Stability Is in the National Interest

SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Carl T. Delfeld submits: After a surge during the early stages of the financial crisis, the U.S. dollar has resumed its secular trend downward. Many applaud this dollar weakening as a way to spur exports and economic growth. Martin Feldstein, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Reagan, has written that a more “competitive” or weaker U.S. dollar is good for...

Growth Data Push Oil Up

Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009

Crude futures rose, after falling in four of the last five sessions, on evidence that U.S. economic growth is picking up.

China’s 10 Major Steps To Spark Domestic Consumption, Economic Growth

konaxis | 12/10/2008

China’s State Council, during an executive meeting has identified 10 major areas where actions to stimulate domestic consumption and economic growth shall take place. Here are the 10 major steps in 10 major areas towards economic development: *Housing Build more affordable and low-rent housing, speed up slums clearing, expand the program to rebuild rural housing and encourage nomads to settle down....

Indonesia Food and Drinks Market: Emerging Opportunities

iihsindia | 12/01/2008

Indonesia has emerged as one of the rapidly growing food and drinks industry in the South East Asia. Various factors, such as economic growth, increasing urbanization, young affluent population, and numerous regional food health and safety concerns have led to a surge in the industry. Considering the growth potential, numerous domestic and international players have set up their facilities in a move...

CALCUTTA : STEMMING THE TIDE Prakash M. Apte

prakash m apte | 11/14/2008

CALCUTTA : STEMMING THE TIDE Prakash M. Apte The root cause, therefore, of the rapid growth of Calcutta is regional imbalance in terms of the economic growth of neighbouring states. Even within the state of West Bengal there is no other comparable centre affording mass employment.