News by subject: Economic News/Analysis

smartTrade Technologies, a leading provider of end-to-end multi-asset electronic trading solutions headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, is delighted to report a highly successful 2022, during which the company has continued to build on the...

Primerica, Inc. , a leading provider of financial services in the United States and Canada, released its Middle-Income Financial Security Monitor for the fourth quarter of 2022. The survey, in its third year, measures changes in the sentiments of...

Crestwood Equity Partners LP ("Crestwood") today announced that it expects fourth quarter 2022 financial results to be impacted by extreme winter weather events that adversely impacted volumes and well connect activity across Crestwood's gathering &...

KBRA releases its Day 2 recap of the CRE Finance Council (CREFC) January Conference 2023. Day 2 of the CREFC January conference opened with the Industry Leaders Roundtable, which has become a favorite over the years for its open and unrehearsed...

A high-level delegation from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is set to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 in Davos, Switzerland, to enhance international cooperation and design joint solutions to today's geopolitical,...

In 2022, things got ugly for both the equity and fixed income markets. As inflation grew and interest rates rose in response to monetary policy tightening, stocks registered their worst year since 2008 and bonds failed in their role as diversifiers...

On par with last year, more than half of French midsize business leaders are feeling optimistic about the global (58%), national (56%), and local and regional (55%) economic outlook in the year ahead, according to J.P. Morgan's second annual France...

Optimism is falling among German Mittelstand leaders, with nearly six in ten (59%) expecting a recession in 2023, and more are feeling pessimistic about the global (24%) and national (28%) economy compared to last year, according to J.P. Morgan's...

The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, a leading national poll on consumer confidence, declined by 1.4% to open the New Year. The index dipped to 42.3 in January, down from its 42.9 reading last month. The index remains in negative territory for the...

The IGNITE Startup Grant applications open today with a $1 million dollar fund offered to high-growth companies looking to expand or locate in Prince William County. The award-winning IGNITE entrepreneurial program is leveraging ARPA funds to provide...

Supply chain funding company Trade Capital Corporation (TCC) today released its 2023 Economic Outlook, warning of a serious risks to the economy as the U.S. appears headed for a recession in 2023, facing, among other risks, inflation and demand...

Emplifi, a leading unified customer experience platform, today released a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Emplifi, uncovering insights from 154 North American CMOs, marketing VPs, and directors responsible for CX,...

Citizens' 2023 M&A Outlook revealed both upbeat expectations for company performance and high desire for growth in a low-growth world in the coming year. The annual survey of 400 leaders at U.S. middle-market companies and private equity firms also...

The CBIZ Small Business Employment Index ("SBEI") reported a seasonally adjusted increase of 0.84% in December. The previous downward trend in hiring reversed in November and December, signaling a positive sign for small business owners going into...

EFG Companies sees the end of record-high front-end profit coupled with external economic challenges impacting the retail automotive, powersports, and automotive lending industries in 2023. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/3XeMAkN...

TailorMed, a leading financial navigation technology company that helps patients and healthcare organizations remove financial barriers to care, today unveiled its forward-thinking industry predictions around healthcare cost, affordability, and...

WWE® today announced that WrestleMania Goes Hollywood (WrestleMania 39), which will originate from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles across two nights, broke the company's all-time gate record for any WrestleMania, despite having yet to announce a single...

KBRA releases its marketplace consumer loan indices for December 2022, providing monthly credit trends across securitized loan pools. Click here to view the report. About KBRA KBRA is a full-service credit rating agency registered in the U.S., the...

The "Africa Rice Protein Market 2022-2027 - Size, Trends, Competitive Analysis and Forecasts" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The African protein industry is in the nascent stage, but with the growing trend of leading a...

The "Mining Chemicals: Global Strategic Business Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for Mining Chemicals estimated at US$9.7 Billion in the year 2020, is projected to reach a revised size of US$15.3...

Today, Veros® Real Estate Solutions, an industry leader in enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services, released its 2022 Q4 VeroFORECASTSM that anticipates home prices will turn negative overall and depreciate on average by -0.5%...

?Pending U.S. home sales dropped 32% year over year to their lowest level since at least 2015 during the four weeks ending January 1, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. The biggest...

KBRA releases a report on the current state of appraisal reduction amounts (ARA) in CMBS 2.0 conduits. With the economy continuing to contract, property fundamentals weakening, and prices under pressure, KBRA believes that CMBS ARAs have reached an...

The "Next-Generation Lithography Materials Market - A Global and Regional Analysis: Focus on Application, Material, and Region - Analysis and Forecast, 2022-2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global next-generation...

DBRS Morningstar expects the performance of both commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) and residential PACE (R-PACE) securitizations to remain stable in 2023, with relatively low portfolio-level delinquencies and losses. Across C-PACE...

CoreLogic, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released the major U.S. housing trends wrap-up for 2022. Year-over-year home price growth increased for the 130th straight month in November, but gains...

? Home sellers gave concessions to buyers in 41.9% of home sales in the fourth quarter?the highest share of any three-month period in Redfin's records, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage....

The majority of small and midsize U.S. business leaders anticipate a recession in 2023, according to JPMorgan Chase's 2023 annual Business Leaders Outlook survey released today. In total, 65% of midsize businesses and 61% of small businesses expect a...

Huawei has released a white paper on the Top 10 Site Power Trends at an event. According to Yao Quan, President of Huawei Site Power Facility Domain, 2022 was a challenging year for carriers due to the global energy crisis and the increase in oil and...

Byron R. Wien, Vice Chairman together with Joe Zidle, Chief Investment Strategist in the Private Wealth Solutions group at Blackstone, today issued their list of the Ten Surprises of 2023. This is the 38th year Byron has given his views on a number...

ICR, a leading strategic communications and advisory firm, today released its Q4 2022 SPAC Market Update report. SPAC IPOs have decelerated as the market faced the overhang of contracting valuations, regulatory uncertainty and the approaching SPAC...

Diamond markets were quiet toward the end of December as wholesalers took vacation between Christmas and New Year. Major dealers were satisfied with the holiday season but remained cautious about their short-term prospects. Polished prices continued...

CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPItm) and HPI Forecasttm for November 2022. Year-over-year home price growth ended its 21-month streak...

?The total number of homes for sale rose 18% from a year earlier during the four weeks ending December 25, the biggest increase since at least 2015, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage....

KBRA releases a report on U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan performance trends observed in the December 2022 servicer reporting period. The delinquency rate among KBRA-rated U.S. CMBS rose 8 basis points (bps) in December 2022 to...

? Sales of luxury U.S. homes fell 38.1% year over year during the three months ending Nov. 30, 2022, the biggest decline on record, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That outpaced the...

?The combination of slowing price growth, lower mortgage payments and homes sitting on sale for well over a month is making the market a bit more favorable for buyers than it was in the fall, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the...

? Home sales fell 35.1% year over year in November on a seasonally-adjusted basis, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. That is the largest decline in Redfin's records that date back to...

The "Household Type Vacuum Cleaners Global Market Report 2022, By Type of Product, By Mode of Sale, By Type of Use, By Operation Mode" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global household type vacuum cleaners market is...

J.D. Power: The Total Sales Forecast Total new-vehicle sales for December 2022, including retail and non-retail transactions, are projected to reach 1,254,700 units, a 5.3% increase from December 2021, according to a joint forecast from J.D. Power...

doxo, the innovative web and mobile bill pay service, today released its U.S. Utilities Market Size and Household Spending Report for 2022, revealing that Americans spend $399 billion annually on utility bills. A statistical analysis of actual...

First American Financial Corporation , a premier provider of title, settlement and risk solutions for real estate transactions and the leader in the digital transformation of its industry, today released First American's proprietary Potential Home...

FICO's latest report of UK card trends ? for October 2022 ? illustrates the push and pull of personal finances as consumers attempt to manage existing credit commitments while facing an increased cost of living. Highlights Average total sales were...

Despite significant economic uncertainty, the auto dealership buy/sell market stayed hot in the third quarter of 2022 with a record 281 transactions, according to the just-released Third Quarter 2022 Blue Sky Report® by Kerrigan Advisors. Completed...

After a holiday season racking up credit card bills, Americans considering financial resolutions in the New Year are in good company. When looking back on 2022, 88% of Americans see room for improvement in their overall financial wellness and 71% say...

Northern Trust, a leading global asset manager with US$1.2 trillion in assets under management, expects 2023 to be a turbulent year as conditions pivot from inflation and monetary policy fears to a weak global economy, but the firm also expects...

Insurers continued to follow a years-long trend by increasing their structured securities investments in 2021, with 3% growth year over year to $1.14 trillion, according to a new AM Best special report. However, indications portray an uncertain...

As rents continue to soar, Australian families are struggling more than ever before to find affordable housing. When asked about the trend of moving to less expensive areas, Movers Buddy Head of Operations Ethan Davis says that "With the rise in...

Lebanese drinks giant Kassatly Group Holding has started work on a new plant in Cyprus under "Boutique Beverage Bottling Int'l Ltd" as part of ambitious plans to move the brand from a regional powerhouse to a global player. The mega plant in...

?Redfin's Homebuyer Demand Index?a measure of home-tour requests and other services from Redfin agents?is up 10% and mortgage-purchase applications are up 14% from the end of October, when both hit their 2022 troughs, according to a new report from...