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Many States' 30-year Fixed Mortgage Rates Fall Below 5.00 Percent
added: 24-12-2008

Mortgage rates remained low last week and many states saw sub-5.00 percent rates for the first time in recent history. The weekly average rates for 30-year fixed mortgages declined to 4.96 percent, down from 5.15 percent the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by leading real estate Web site Zillow.com(R).
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Credit Rating Outlook Remains Negative for U.S. Financial Institutions
added: 23-12-2008

Fitch Ratings states that the 2009 rating outlook for U.S. financial institutions remains negative but that downgrades are not expected to be as numerous or drastic as in 2008. Rating actions taken in 2008 incorporated expectations of high loan loss provisions and weak profitability through mid-2009. Government intervention including the Capital Purchase Program has likely reduced the risks of multi-notch downgrades for the largest financial firms. Consolidation is also expected to increase particularly across regional banks.
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U.S. Utilities, Power & Gas Sector Outlook More Challenging Due to Credit Crisis
added: 23-12-2008

Fitch Rating's fundamental outlook for U.S. electric utilities turned negative in 2008 and is expected to continue under pressure in 2009 and beyond, reflecting a more challenging capital market environment, cyclical downturn and high non-discretionary capital requirements targeting infrastructure, environmental and renewable construction projects.
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The Leading Index for Mexico Declined 5.7 Percent in October 2008
added: 23-12-2008

The Conference Board announced that the leading index for Mexico declined 5.7 percent and the coincident index decreased 0.2 percent in October.
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Retail Workers Struggling This Holiday Season
added: 23-12-2008

Retail workers across New York City are struggling to make ends meet due to stagnantly low wages and limited health benefits according to a Fiscal Policy Institute (FPI) report released during one of the bleakest holiday shopping seasons in memory. Recent job losses in the retail sector are likely only to make this story worse.
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Information Overload Now $900 Billion Cost to U.S. Economy
added: 23-12-2008

Information overload costs the U.S. economy $900 billion per year in lowered employee productivity and reduced innovation, according to the latest research from Basex, the leading provider of research on the productivity of knowledge workers and how technology impacts them.
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Heavy Online Spending Continues Later Into the Season
added: 22-12-2008

comScore reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 49 days of the November - December 2008 holiday season. For the holiday season through December 19, $24.03 billion has been spent online, down 1 percent versus the corresponding days last year. The most recent week of the season has seen several strong online spending days, including Monday, December 15 with $859 million in spending to rank as the second heaviest day of the season, behind Tuesday December 9 when $887 million was spent.
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U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Highlights Another Successful Enforcement Year in FY 2008
added: 22-12-2008

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) continued to exceed enforcement goals during Fiscal Year (FY) 2008. The agency's emphasis on identifying and eliminating serious safety and health hazards has resulted in an unprecedented 80 percent of all violations issued being in the most serious categories.
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Retail Defaults Lead Rise in U.S. CMBS Delinquencies
added: 22-12-2008

Continued signs of retail weakness contributed to a 13 basis point (bp) increase in delinquencies, as the Fitch Ratings U.S. CMBS loan delinquency index rose to 0.64% in November 2008. The increase is consistent with Fitch's expectation that delinquencies will continue to rise, reaching approximately 2% by year-end 2009.
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US Mass Layoffs in November 2008
added: 22-12-2008

In November, employers took 2,328 mass layoff actions, seasonally adjusted, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single employer; the number of workers involved totaled 224,079 on a seasonally adjusted basis.
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