In a sign consumers are entering the holiday season in very high spirits, the Conference Board released a report on Tuesday showing an unexpected improvement in U.S. consumer confidence in the month of November. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index climbed to 129.5. more...
Home price growth in major U.S. metropolitan areas accelerated by more than expected in the month of September, according to a report released by Standard & Poor's on Tuesday. The report said the S&P/Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index climbed 6.2 percent year-over-year in September. more...
"Winter is coming" by Laurent Pernot
The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 5.4 percent in October, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. more...
Australia's wage price index climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent on quarter in the third quarter of 2017, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday. more...