In September, the Eurozone’s economy grew at the fastest rate in 16 months, led by strength in Germany’s services sector.
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GOING OUT OF BUSINESS TRENDS
The economic landscape has presented an array of challenges that will profoundly affect the business community this year.
WHEN THE ECONOMY FALLS, JOBS GO WITH IT
Over 100,000 federal employees are expected to resign today under President Trump’s deferred resignation program, according to thegatewaypundit.com.
SPOTLIGHT: THE TWO U.S. HOUSING MARKETS
Last month, sales of pre-owned homes rose 1.8 percent year on year but slipped 0.2 percent from July as mortgage interest rates rose once more, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported.
SEASONAL HIRING TO BE THE LEAST IN 16 YEARS
Hiring seasonal help for the year-end holiday shopping season is poised to be the lowest since 2009 in the Great Recession, a signal that retailers expect especially weak sales, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas in a report last week.
U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY’S FLASHERS ARE WARNING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY
Americans are buying fewer cars, tariffs are shrinking automakers’ margins, the shift to electric mobility has stalled, and a company making car loans to subprime borrowers recently collapsed, all indications that a key U.S. industry might be rolling downhill.
CONSUMERS INCREASED THEIR SPENDING IN AUGUST
U.S. households spent 0.6 percent more in August than in July, the commerce department reported. Economists in a Reuters poll expected a 0.5-percent gain.
CONSUMER OUTLOOK CONTINUED TO DARKEN IN SEPTEMBER
U.S. households had a more gloomy outlook on the economy in September than in August, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly survey of consumer sentiment.
INFLATION ROSE AGAIN IN AUGUST
By several measures, consumer prices continued to rise again in August.
U.S. SECOND-QUARTER GDP WAS GREATER THAN FIRST REPORTED
In this year’s second quarter, the U.S. economy grew by a robust 3.8 percent, the commerce department reported, not the 3.3 percent estimated earlier.









