Statistics

Canadian immigrant labor up in 2007 (UPI)

13 May 2008

OTTAWA, May 13 (UPI) -- Employment in Canada among immigrants rose by 52,000, or 2.1 percent in 2007 from a year earlier, the Statistics Canada agency reported Tuesday.

Inflation Calculation Leaves Out Food, Energy Prices (NPR)

13 May 2008

The government releases new inflation statistics Wednesday, and consumer prices are expected to rise. While the Federal Reserve does keep an eye on inflation, it usually doesn't take food and energy prices into account. David Wessel, economics editor at the Wall Street Journal , talks about the Fed data.

Local Builder Releases Grim Statistics (NBC 10 Philadelphia)

13 May 2008

Luxury home builder Toll Brothers said preliminary results show homebuilding revenue fell 30 percent in its fiscal second quarter amid a weak spring selling season.