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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Its a mixed bag of retail PMI news in Europe today (assuming of course one believes that spending is good). Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April.

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Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5% Here are some retail sales comments from Bloomberg to help put things into perspective.

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Seven Years Later, Global Debt Keeps Piling Up, $57 Trillion More Than 2007

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In fact, rather than reducing indebtedness, or deleveraging, all major economies today have higher levels of borrowing relative to GDP than they did in 2007. Since 2007, government debt has grown by $25 trillion. Since 2007, government debt has grown by $25 trillion. China China’s debt has quadrupled since 2007.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Economic Recovery in.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. The government deficit totaled €40 billion in the first six months of the year in terms of national accounts, 3.81% of GDP, according to data released Tuesday by the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

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In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman joined with Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta to become Oliver Wyman groups (also includes Lippincott and NERA Economic Consulting). Retail and Consumer Products. And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: D.C. City Council Proposes.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. an hour wages, but only for retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more. The response from the worlds largest retailer is hardly unexpected. December 2007 (69). November 2007 (91). October 2007 (56). September 2007 (49).

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: Problems in Italy Go On.

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Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Needing revenue to meet its budget deficit targets, Italys Finance Undersecretary Says Budget Crunch May Require More From Rich. Confederscenti, the Italian retailers’ association, says that three shops close for every one opening. December 2007 (69).