U.S. employers created 192,000 jobs in February pushing the unemployment rate to below 9% according to the Department of Labor. While this is a positive news, investors may want to dig a little deeper before making any conclusions on the state of the U.S. economy. Source: The Wall Street Journal An editorial in the Journal …
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The German chemical industry is the fourth largest in the world and number one in Europe. Traditionally Germany has maintained leadership position in this industry beating other countries due to innovative policies encouraging investment, highly specialized educational programs fostering the advancement of chemical science, world-class infrastructure, sustainable development with public and private sector partnership, substantial …
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Crude oil is the most traded commodity in the world. However other than just supply and demand, a multitude of factors impact oil prices on a daily basis. Similar to the crude oil example, the prices of food are affected by a variety of complex factors. While in the past, food prices were determined just …
Soaring energy and food prices have low impact on Consumer Price Indices (CPI) in developed countries than in emerging countries. This is because unlike in the emerging markets, food and energy make up a lower share in the more service-oriented CPI baskets of developed countries. Emerging markets such as India, China, Brazil are experiencing high …
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Generally Canadians have a higher propensity to save compared to Americans in spite of having a better social safety-net such as free healthcare, pensions, job security, etc. under the socialist form of government. Up until the credit crisis hit most U.S. consumers saved very little. In fact, the personnel savings rate in the U.S. went …
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