News by subject: ECONOMIC NEWS/TRENDS/ANALYSIS

SOTI today announced it has again been named on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500tm, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. SOTI grew 210...

VantageScore Solutions, LLC, developer of the VantageScore® credit scoring model, today released a white paper that explains trended credit data, how usage of the data in scoring models can benefit both lenders and consumers, and how these data are...

NorthIsle Copper and Gold Inc.  (?NorthIsle? or the ?Company?) announces that it has filed on SEDAR an independent NI-43-101 Technical Report, Preliminary Economic Assessment (?PEA?) for its 100% owned North Island copper-gold project located in the...

From the third quarter Phoenix Management "Lending Climate in America" Survey, results shows a marked shift in lenders outlook on the U.S. economy in both the near and long term. The Q3 2017 survey results reversed the recent trend of expectations...

Today, Clear Capital released its monthly Home Data Indextm (HDItm) report, showing a decline in quarter-over-quarter home price growth for the Northeast. As a whole, the region is experiencing a combination of slow growth, negative growth and...

On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Fraser Institute will release a new study on Canada's middle class.The federal government repeatedly claims to have lightened the tax burden on middle-income families in Canada.Measuring the Impact of Federal Personal Income...

Quebec is shedding its reputation as a poor fiscal manager while Ontario and Alberta, former economic engines of the country, are rapidly increasing government debt, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent,...

August 2017 August 2016 % Change Nissan Group Total sales (units) 108,326 124,638 -13.1 Nissan Division sales 97,340 114,199 -14.8 Infiniti sales* 10,986 10,439 +5.2 Nissan Group announced total U.S. sales for August 2017 of...

Despite high housing costs across the country, the average Canadian family spent more on taxes in 2016 than housing, food and clothing combined, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public...

As traditional "have" provinces struggle economically, Canada's equalization program is not equipped to adapt to the country's new economic landscape, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian...

Noble Capital Markets announced today that it has initiated research coverage on Vectrus Inc. . The report was issued by Analyst, Ben Klieve.Vectrus Inc. is a provider of facility, logistics, IT and network communications services for the U.S....

Yesterday, President Donald Trump tasked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer with the determination of the level of need for an open investigation into the intellectual property practices of the People's Republic of China (PRC). In an event...

Fenwick & West today announced the results of its Second Quarter 2017 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey, which analyzed the terms of 208 venture financings that closed in the second quarter of 2017 by companies headquartered in Silicon Valley.In...

2017  2016  % Change July Sales  10,840  9,945  9.0 Total Sales  89,983  74,923  20.1 INFINITI today reported July sales of 10,840 vehicles, an increase of 9.0 percent. For the year, INFINITI sales are up 20 percent to 89,983. The...

July 2017  July 2016  % Change Nissan Group Total sales (units)  128,295  132,475  -3.2 Nissan Division sales  117,455  122,530  -4.1 INFINITI sales*  10,840  9,945  +9.0 Nissan Group announced total U.S. sales for...

A typical Canadian family of four will pay $12,057 for health care in 2017 -- an increase of nearly 70 per cent over the last 20 years, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy...

Money360, a leading direct marketplace lender focused on commercial real estate, today announced that the company closed $143 million in loans in the second quarter, marking the lender's best quarter to date. Money360 has now closed more than $350...

The market for technology and life sciences IPOs in the first half of 2017 continued at the moderate pace set in the second half of 2016 while technology deal sizes trended larger in this latest period. These and other findings are noted in Fenwick &...

Forty-one percent of home buyers 36 years old or younger are making down payments of 5 percent or less, National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (National MI), primary operating subsidiary of NMI Holdings, Inc. , reported today in its economic...

Horace Mann Educators Corporation estimates weather-related catastrophe activity during the three months ended June 30, 2017 will total $31 to $34 million on a pre-tax basis. These catastrophe losses were related to 16 severe wind and hail...

2017 2016 % Change      June Sales 12,271 11,085 11.0   Total Sales 79,143 64,978 21.8 INFINITI today reported its best June sales ever in the U.S. with deliveries of 12,271 vehicles, an increase of 11 percent. For the year,...

An estimated 63,459 Canadians travelled abroad for medical care in 2016 -- up nearly 40 per cent over the previous year, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian public policy think-tank."More...

Today at VidCon, gen.video, an influencer marketing platform with a specialty in ecommerce, and Geometry Global, award-winning shopper marketing and brand activation agency network, announced new research entitled: "The Influence of Influencers."...

MobileHelp® Healthcare, a leader in healthcare technology solutions, unveiled three comprehensive bylined articles to provide new insights for professionals in the home health agency space. Written by a company executive and healthcare consultant,...

NAV CANADA today unveiled a rate revision proposal that would decrease rates by an average of 3.9 per cent from existing base rates. This effectively continues a temporary rate reduction that was implemented last year. Rates will be further reduced...

Fenwick & West today announced the results of its First Quarter 2017 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. Notably, late stage VC investment activity increased and the hardware sector was a standout in terms of valuation increases. The survey...

While the nation's metropolitan areas are economically strong with more than 300 metros experiencing job growth in 2016 and accounting for 95% of all the U.S. job gains last year, growth continues to remain uneven, with nearly one-third of metro...

Pressured by the high cost of housing and other living expenses, 31 percent of American adults living in urban areas are "not too confident" or "not confident at all" of their ability to withstand a sudden financial emergency, according to the fourth...

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, the Business Council of Canada, and the Canada-ASEAN Business Council, in partnership with the Institute of Asian Research at the University of British Columbia, today unveiled, The ASEAN Advantage: Exploring...

On Thursday, May 11, the Fraser Institute will release a new study on federal government spending.Prime Ministers and Government Spending: A Retrospective spotlights how much each prime minister has spent on federal programs -- on a per person basis...

2017 2016 % Change      April Sales 10,797 10,432 3.5      Total Sales 54,358 43,092 26.1     INFINITI today reported sales of 10,797 vehicles in the U.S. during April, an increase of 3.5 percent for the month and an increase of 26...

April 2017  April 2016  % Change Nissan Group Total sales (units)  121,998  123,861  -1.5 Nissan Division sales  111,201  113,429  -2.0 Infiniti sales*  10,797  10,432  +3.5        Nissan Group today announced total U.S. sales...

A new study commissioned by Registria found that younger and more affluent consumers would prefer to connect with brands through their mobile device after purchasing a new product. According to the study, 47 percent of consumers aged 18-34, and 47...

Western growth is on the rise as the Spring buying season begins to take shape, and a nationwide trend of decreasing distressed saturation rates indicates that the housing market is at its healthiest state since the crash in 2008.The West leads the...

The Jasha and Maurice Salter Centennial Scholars gift of $100,000 was recently announced by UCLA Extension, the continuing education division of UCLA. The endowment is part of the UCLA Chancellor's Centennial Scholars Match aimed at adding $150...

NeighborWorks America announced today that in 2016, members of the NeighborWorks network leveraged more than $3.1 billion of investment in rural communities, serving a diverse cross-section of residents including current service members and veterans,...

The Lenders One® Cooperative, a national alliance of independent mortgage bankers, correspondent lenders and suppliers of mortgage products, has issued the results of the second annual Lenders One Mortgage Barometer, a survey of 200 mortgage lending...

Wealth inequality in Canada is largely the result of differences in people's age, where wealth accumulation is a slow and steady process over a long period of time, finds a new study released today by the Fraser Institute, an independent,...

The year 2016 challenged investors' resolve. Indices flirted with all-time highs while at the same time geopolitical events made fear an ever-present emotion investors had to manage. DALBAR has been analyzing investor returns for over 20 years and...

March 2017 March 2016 % Change Nissan Group Total sales (units) 168,832 163,559 +3.2 Nissan Division sales 150,566 149,784 +0.5 Infiniti sales* 18,266...

According to the second annual CFO Survey, sponsored by Centage Corporation, a leading provider of cloud-based budgeting and forecasting software (Budget Maestro®) for small and medium-sized businesses, 88% of CFOs and financial professionals...

National Mortgage Insurance Corporation, "National MI," announced today that Moody's Investors Service has upgraded its insurance financial strength (IFS) rating to Ba1 from Ba2. Moody's has also assigned a B1 rating to the recently amended $150...

The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) welcomes the Government of Canada's Budget 2017 commitment to improve its ability to defend Canadian manufacturers against dumped and subsidized imports by implementing measures that effectively...

With its largely status quo 2017 budget, the federal government has failed to chart a clear course for taxpayers, entrepreneurs, and businesses and risks making Canada even less competitive."This budget decided not to decide until President Trump...

Tintri, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise cloud platforms, today announced strong enterprise cloud momentum driven by an array of new solutions introduced in the fourth quarter of its 2017 fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, including:Data...

The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) today pushed back on Administration's initial "skinny" budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018. The document entitled, "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again," proposes deep cuts in funding...