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Slowdown in the Services sector

Stephen Cline — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:19:26 +0000

The service industry of America has seen a very little expansion in the last few months and is showing the signs of the ending of the recovery process even before the real signs of recovery can be seen. The second half of the year was being seen as the time when the economy will take off, but now it seems like only the opposite is going to happen and economists are urging the government to take stiff action.

Many huge distribution chains like Wal-mart, bed bath and beyond are worried with the monthly sales figures an fear that if the number of jobs do not increase soon, then the economy is going in to a downward spiral. From the reports from the employment department, it seems that the number of people hired is very little and the number of people fired in almost equal to the number of people hired. This loss of inertia is seen as a step backwards by many republicans and economists and demand for higher number of hiring In the private sector. All this along with the slowdown in housing, the European economic crisis and the attempt by china to slowdown its economy, rings alarms of the comeback of recession.

Private sector Jobs still Scarce

Stephen Cline — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:17:47 +0000

The private sector jobs in America are still below the predicted forecast. Companies had nil or very few employees included into their playlist. This have renovated the concerns that the American economy will not recover as planned and the economy will weaken due to lesser spending by the people.

Sales of major stores like best buy and wall mart will take a hit as people will cut back on their spending due to lesser income and will see a slowdown in the residential housing sector where already the effect are being seen with many hoses vacant. This is most definitely make America more sensitive to the European debt-crisis and the Chinese slowdown in growth. Many optimistic economists predict that the economy will recover but only very slowly and it will not lead to a double dip recession as many people fear it would. The June 2010’s unemployment stats pulled the American S&P’s stocks down and also led to the weakening of the dollar.

Most of the major retail stores reported robust customer growth and instead a decline in the spending everywhere. This along with the Chinese attempts to cool down its growth will see its effects on the U.S economy and will reduce the demand for American goods in China.

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Stephen Cline — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 16:13:12 +0000

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New rules for Economic development

Stephen Cline — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:01:52 +0000

The President of United States called for the Congress to over haul the financial regulation of the country with new financial rules. The announcement was made by Obama on Radio and Internet and was aimed more specifically at the movers and shakers in the American government.
Obama openly blames the Wall Street for its inability to see the economic crisis and its inability to still not able to get itself out of this holes. He calls for a complete relay of the foundations of the American economy without which there would be no growth and prosperity. In the same context the congress is taking steps to protect the American people by boosting surveillance of the fresh economic threats if any to the markets and provide the authorities with some emergency powers to deal with these unseen threats. Obama is thankful to the legislation for taking actions to about 90 percent of what he proposed initially, which included limiting banks power to spend on Hedge funds and private equity funds so that banks do not get them self’s involved in risky trades for profits.
Whereas the republicans are constantly criticizing the Obama government for approving plans which favor spending. The plans that Obama has proposed are termed as recopies for disaster an calls for a better budget, clearer priorities and restraints on specific areas.

Demand Rises as Production Increases

Stephen Cline — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:41:08 +0000

The American factories have increased the levels of production to pre recession levels but the consumption and other sources of using these produced goods have reduced. The economists are eager that inflation is not increasing and U.S recovery cannot be lead by manufacturing alone.
Growth without inflation is something that the economists have not figured. The manufacturing levels are rising steadily but will have to stop churning out goods since the demand is not increasing. The manufacturers are recovering from the worst recession ever since 1930s and working overtime to replenish the empty inventories, growing demand overseas and upgrading equipment. The only way the federal bank can keep growth in sight is by holding the interest rates near zero.
Many manufactures have hired employees in the recent months and the average overtime has increased. There is a global demand for agricultural equipment and building construction equipment. The level of inflation dropping is the because of low fuel prices and reduced customer demand. The home construction market is sluggish at best and will be the hardest to recover with very few houses beginning construction. But the manufacturing font showing signs of recovery and banks trusting the manufacturing sector shows signs of economic improvement.

Mexican and Asian stocks Rise

Stephen Cline — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:40:07 +0000

Some good news for global investors. The global stocks have seen a slight increase in the markets stocks. The Mexican stocks saw an increase in their points as the investors saw some signs of recovery the world over and are optimistic about the U.S. economy’s recovery. The asia stocks too saw a slight increase with the same news circulating markets.
Even thou the companies have not started hiring in U.S. and the threat of European debt crisis affecting the global economy and the world going into another recession. The peso closed stronger than the previous day against the dollar and from the looks of it the climb will most probably continue in Mexico and Asian markets.
But other than some Asian markets and Mexico reported gains, the rest of the international markets showed a mixed response and it seems it is too early to predict a global recovery. The Federal Banks reported that the economy has enhanced throughout the U.S.
The Mexican economy is very much dependent on the economy of U.S. and the stocks are affected by the economic conditions in the U.S. The Mexican inflation also fell thereby giving the policy makers space to keep low interest rates.

Trade Deficit Increases

Stephen Cline — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:38:30 +0000

The U.S. economy witnessed in the months of April its trade deficit widen due to fall in exports and also imports fell to a certain degree. The gap is now 0.6% to 40.3 million dollars. This is the highest since December 2008 and is a matter of concern for the policy makers.
But the good news came from shipping statistics which showed that shipments remained at their 2nd highest levels, this even after low demand for pharmaceuticals, generators and other food crops. The amount of exports and imports is predicted to grow in march but still its contributions to the growth of the economy will be minimal.
The U.S. stocks rose as good news spread in Asia about the economic recovery at the global level. The shares rally was seen in the Standard & poor index. But the worst part is the bad hiring spree is continuing by companies and till the hiring does not start, the economy is not going to better.
Many companies have yet to feel the impact of the European debt crisis and the effect of the increased gain of the dollar against the euro has been felt a little.

Budget cuts in Europe=Bad for America

Stephen Cline — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:00:10 +0000

The U.S. economy got another blow from the European crisis this time in the form of budget cuts. The British PM’s announcement of the extreme cut back in the form of government spending along with the German austerity plan detains, caused the U.S. economy to feel the shock waves.
This move is going to reduce the creation of new jobs in America and will have a negative effect on the already snailing U.S. economy. This will have a similar effect on the economy of the rest of the world. The British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his concerns over the consequences of the debt crisis in Greece, Spain and other similar European economies. Already the European debt crisis has had a profound effect on U.S. and global stocks and plunging stocks are a common new since. This will lead to American and global customers to cut back on their spending in anticipation of another recession.
The German austerity plans will have an sudden impact on the imports and exports of the American economy since Germany being an export powerhouse. And after Germany, Francs is rumored to follow suit with its own austerity plans that will further effect American and global economies.

Where are the Jobs Increasing

Stephen Cline — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:58:07 +0000

It is well known that the U.S economy showed a large gain in jobs in the month of May, but a huge percentage of these jobs were in the government sector in the temporary census workers section which are temporary and are paid by the tax payers money. But still the government insists that the economy is getting stronger. Still Obama and his government is optimistic and are assuring the people that the economy in growing but is still in the nascent stages. It is predicted that the economic recovery will have many falls and ditches in the next few months but it is going to take the effort of every individual to take U.S. economy through these hard times.
Even the opposition has welcomed the new jobs with smiling faces but demolished the hopes of millions by saying that the economy is making any progress. Only 20 % of the Americans believe that the economy is growing steadily and the economic policies are showing some improvement.

Where the Security Strategy Misses

Stephen Cline — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:40:24 +0000

The National Security Strategy was released on Thursday amid the uncertainty of the U.S. economy going in to another recession. The National Security Strategy misses the fact that the country is still not certain of achieving the full growth that it expected and the growth speed has been less than anticipated. With the environment of scarcity that the country is facing, it is surprising if the economists even make half of the written proposals.
The National Security Strategy outlines the goals, the prioritization of goals and obtaining the wealth necessary to fulfill these goals. And there is also some mention about spending the money of the Tax payer wisely. The strategy also mentions the sustaining of global economy, when the economy of the U.S. is itself in turmoil and after all this it promises security for food, medical and reducing poverty of the economies in a state of depression. The strategy completely discards the fact that the short term deficits will grow our economy and the long term debts will increase the financial fiscal problems. It is needed that the defense budget is cut and the money be used for other means like medical and food expenses.