Topic: Capital Economics Ltd.

End of Recession Cues, Recovery Blues

Capital Economics believes that there is a 100 per cent chance that the U.S. recession ended in July, and there is an 88 per cent chance that it actually ended a month before that.. Industrial production was the last indicator to turn, ...

Recession hits German labour market

Government figures out on Thursday showed Germany's worst postwar recession putting more and more people out of work in Europe's biggest economy, as the clock ticks down to September elections.Adding to Chancellor Angela Merkel's woes, labour office numbers revealed that the usual ...

Brent oil falls below 60 dollars in Asian trade

Brent crude oil dropped below 60 dollars a barrel Tuesday amid concerns over weakening energy demand after data showed US and European economies facing a worsening economic outlook, dealers said.In morning Asian trade, Brent North Sea crude for December delivery was down ...
THE world is heading for its worst recession since the Second World War, a leading economic think tank said today.. Capital Economics said the credit crunch and meltdown in the banking system meant the global economy faced its biggest crisis for more ...
Britain is facing a recession that will last 18 months, a top economic consultancy has warned. Capital Economics predicts that in 2009 gross domestic product - the value of the nation's output - will fall for the first time since the early ...