From the StatsNZ release last week: Economic activity, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), declined 0.3 percent in the March 2008 quarter, Statistics New Zealand said today. The agriculture and construction industries were the main contributors to the decline this quarter. This follows an i ...

Bear markets are all about contraction, as investors take into account the higher risks to earnings due a slowdown or decline in economic activity. The most visible crunch is the decline in the benchmark index. ...

The money from the tax goes to repairing roads and bridges which is just the kind of economic activity that we need - rebuilding the infrastructure of our own nation, a...

In its statement on the rate decision, the Fed said “recent information indicates that the outlook for economic activity has weakened further” but also that “uncertainty about the inflation outlook has increased.” Quarterly results from Lehman Brothers Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. gave great comfort to a market fearful about investment

Economic activity in Canada inched ahead by 0.1 per cent in November, as growth remained modest through the autumn, Statistics Canada said Thursday.