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Forecasting Manufacturing Output Growth Using Firm-Level Survey Data
Traditionally forecasts of macroeconomic aggregates are extracted from prospective qualitative survey data by relating official data on the aggregate to both the proportion of survey respondents who are "Optimists" and the proportion who are "Pessimists". But there is no reason to focus on these proportions to the exclusion of other...
Tags: Marketing research, survey, forecasting, manufacturing
White papers 2005-01-01
Cars and Planes Boost Factory Output in April
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Manufacturing output unexpectedly rose in April thanks to higher production of aircraft and motor vehicles, official data showed on Tuesday. The Office for National Statistics said manufacturing output rose by 0.1 percent in April against analysts' predictions of no change. That...
Tags: Production, Aircraft, Markets, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-10
Retail Sales Sizzle in May Sun
By Matt Falloon and David Clarke LONDON (Reuters UK) - An early summer heatwave sent Britain on a shopping spree in May, driving retail sales up at the sharpest pace in more than two decades, boosting expectations the Bank of England will raise interest rates. Policymakers,...
Tags: Bank, Policymaker, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Official Sales Data, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-19
Productivity Growth Slows Sharply
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Productivity growth slowed markedly in the first three months of the year, official data showed on Monday. The Office for National Statistics said UK output per worker rose by an annual 0.6 percent in the first quarter, down from 1.6 percent...
Tags: Quarter, Productivity Growth, Growth, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-30
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / Premier Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project
Pay-for-performance programs have the potential to increase clinical quality and save lives, according to the first year of official data from the Premier/CMS Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration Project, which is summarized in this report. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS announced on November 14, 2005 that it would...
Tags: HEALTHCARE, Content management, hospital, Medicare, content management system, Medicaid, pay-for-performance, incentive
White papers 2006-04-13
Inflation Expectations Highest Since 1992-survey
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Britons' expectations of inflation in two years shot up to 4.7 percent in June, the highest level since 1992, from 4.2 percent in March, a survey published by Barclays Capital showed on Wednesday. The Barclays Survey of Inflation Expectations BASIX also ...
Tags: Barclays Plc., Inflation, BoE Policymaker, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Finance, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-18
June Retail Sales Fall Less Than Expected
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Retail sales fell less than expected in June as a strong showing from grocers offset weakness in clothing and household goods stores, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Confederation of British Industry said its distributive trades balance rose to -9 last...
Tags: Retail Company, Survey, CBI, CBI Survey, Retail, Sales Strategy, Marketing Research, Sales
News items 2008-06-25
Service Sector Perks Up in April
LONDON (Reuters UK) - The service sector expanded in April at its fastest pace since January, although the less volatile three-month on three-month figure remained subdued, official data showed on Monday. The Office for National Statistics said services output rose 0.8 percent in the month...
Tags: Category, April, Mortgages, Government, Finance, Capital Structures, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-30
Debenhams Shares Lifted By Spring Sales Rebound
By Dan Lalor and Mark Potter LONDON (Reuters UK) - Department stores group Debenhams DEB said same-store sales had risen this spring, reassuring investors that tough trading conditions will not damage its ability to pay down debt, and lifting its shares. Debenhams shares rose 16 percent...
Tags: Stock, Debenhams, Kaupthing, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Investment, Sales, Finance
News items 2008-06-24
May Mortgage Approvals Plummet
LONDON (Reuters UK) - Approvals for new home loans plummeted in May to a record low, official data showed on Monday, in a sign that house prices will fall sharply in the coming months. The Bank of England said mortgage approvals fell 28 percent on the...
Tags: Housing Market, Interest Rate, Mortgages, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Finance, Capital Structures
News items 2008-06-30
Economy Falters as Households Have Less
By Christina Fincher and Sumeet Desai LONDON (Reuters UK) - The economy grew more slowly than previously thought and at its weakest pace in three years in the first quarter of this year as households suffered their sharpest drop in disposable income for almost a decade....
Tags: Economist, Income, Inflation, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Operational Accounting, Finance, Oukbs
News items 2008-06-27
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