Finance Matters » January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters When Finance Matters Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:47:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 US house prices continue to fall http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9410/us-house-prices-continue-to-fall/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9410/us-house-prices-continue-to-fall/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:32:42 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=25209

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas fell in January – the seventh consecutive monthly decline. According to the index, house prices were 0.2% lower in January with prices at their lowest for 11 years in four cities. The S&P/Case-Shiller index for 20 main US cities fell by 3.1% on an annual [...]

]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/9410/us-house-prices-continue-to-fall/feed/ 0 DCLG: House prices fall 1.4% in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8822/dclg-house-prices-fall-1-4-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8822/dclg-house-prices-fall-1-4-in-january/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:12:00 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24964 Official data from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today revealed UK house prices fell by 1.4% in January compared with December, with the average UK home costing £208,552. On an annual basis, house prices are now 0.5% lower – compared with 3.8% in December – the eighth month in a row in [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8822/dclg-house-prices-fall-1-4-in-january/feed/ 0 CML: Mortgage lending down 29% in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8702/cml-mortgage-lending-down-29-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8702/cml-mortgage-lending-down-29-in-january/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:21:11 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24915 The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has today reported mortgage lending plunged in January. Mortgage lending fell by 29% in January on a monthly basis, while lending was also 12% down on the year. There were just 28,500 approvals during the month – the lowest level since February 2009. The Council highlights that traditionally December [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8702/cml-mortgage-lending-down-29-in-january/feed/ 0 US trade deficit widens in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8674/us-trade-deficit-widens-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8674/us-trade-deficit-widens-in-january/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:53:40 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24903 The US trade deficit swelled in January to a seven month high of $46.3 billion (£28.8 billion) – much higher than expected. The widening was attributed to higher prices for imported oil, the Commerce Department reported today. Imports continued to surge – rising for the fourth consecutive month in January by 5.2% on a monthly [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8674/us-trade-deficit-widens-in-january/feed/ 0 US trade deficit widens in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8673/us-trade-deficit-widens-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8673/us-trade-deficit-widens-in-january/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:53:40 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24903 The US trade deficit swelled in January to a seven month high of $46.3 billion (£28.8 billion) – much higher than expected. The widening was attributed to higher prices for imported oil, the Commerce Department reported today. Imports continued to surge – rising for the fourth consecutive month in January by 5.2% on a monthly [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8673/us-trade-deficit-widens-in-january/feed/ 0 German trade surplus narrows in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8642/german-trade-surplus-narrows-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8642/german-trade-surplus-narrows-in-january/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:59:36 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24890 Statistics office Destatis has today revealed German exports unexpectedly fell 1% in January on the month after a 0.5% rise in December. However, on an annual basis, exports were up 24.2%. Germany is the world’s second largest exporter after China and export demand helped to bring Germany out of recession in the second quarter of [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8642/german-trade-surplus-narrows-in-january/feed/ 0 UK manufacturing output recovers in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8645/uk-manufacturing-output-recovers-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8645/uk-manufacturing-output-recovers-in-january/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:19:09 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24880 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed UK manufacturing output bounced back in January after December’s weather related fall. According to the ONS, manufacturing output rose 1% in January – its fastest monthly pace in 10 months. It also beat analysts expectations who forecast a rise of 0.8%. In the meantime, output was [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8645/uk-manufacturing-output-recovers-in-january/feed/ 0 UK trade gap narrows more than expected in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8591/uk-trade-gap-narrows-more-than-expected-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8591/uk-trade-gap-narrows-more-than-expected-in-january/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:46:53 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24858 The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed the UK’s trade deficit narrowed more than expected in January, as exports surged. According to the ONS, the global goods trade gap narrowed to £7.09 billion in the month from £9.69 billion in December. The deficit represents the smallest in almost a year and economists had [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8591/uk-trade-gap-narrows-more-than-expected-in-january/feed/ 0 Japan core machinery orders surge in January http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8593/japan-core-machinery-orders-surge-in-january/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8593/japan-core-machinery-orders-surge-in-january/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:11:21 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24852 Japanese core private-sector machinery orders – a highly volatile series seen as an indicator of corporate spending – rose 4.2% in January on a monthly basis – easily beating expectations of a 3.1% increase. The increase in orders represented the second consecutive monthly rise, according to the Cabinet Office, and follows December’s 1.7% rise and [...]
]]> http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8593/japan-core-machinery-orders-surge-in-january/feed/ 0 German retail sales up second month in a row http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8389/german-retail-sales-up-second-month-in-a-row/ http://www.smoothlinking.net/financematters/8389/german-retail-sales-up-second-month-in-a-row/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 10:23:03 +0000 Kay Murchie http://www.financemarkets.co.uk/?p=24764 Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, has today revealed German retail sales grew for a second consecutive month in January. According to Destatis, retail sales rose 2.6% in January on an annual basis – boosted by falling unemployment. Earlier this week, the Federal Labour Office said there was a further fall in the number of people out [...]
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