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Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy

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Case Against The Fed. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. In Italy, Markit reports Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Rate of decline in retail sales accelerates for second straight month.

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: European Car Sales.

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Case Against The Fed. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. Amidst all the happy talk that Europe is on the verge of some sort of recovery, here is yet another counterpoint: European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year Low. in June, bringing total sales for the first six months of the year to just 6.44 Home Builders.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

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In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. Members get access to 6 hours of video tutorials on case interviews , the actual frameworks I used to pass my interviews, and over 500 articles on case interviews.

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Great Depression 2020? (Part 2)

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However, in the time that I wrote the article and sent it out to you (perhaps a week lag), new economic data has emerged that wasn’t available when I wrote that article. Businesses that have major declines in sales can’t afford to pay employees or buy from suppliers (who themselves have employees and their own suppliers to pay).

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Coronavirus: Leadership during a Crisis

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There was the Great Recession in 2008. My guidance has usually been in the context of a client seeing major drops in sales, engaging in layoffs, and redirecting the team in a productive direction (as opposed to being paralyzed by fear or working on their resumes). They will also tell everyone else, "Hey, sales are down 50%.”.

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

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Case Against The Fed. 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. Spains Retail Sales Decline 36th Month.

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Japan Near Stagnation Following 9 Months of Growth

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Case Against The Fed. The latest data for Japanese service providers indicated that the expansion evident in previous surveys continued in July, but the pace slowed. Business activity increased only marginally, whilst new business and employment stagnated, in each case ending eight-month sequences of growth. December 2008 (85).