Economists

Japan's GDP Grows More-Than-Estimated 3.3% on Exports (Update4) (Bloomberg.com)

16 May 2008

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's economy grew 3.3 percent last quarter, faster than economists estimated, as exports to Asia and emerging markets helped the nation weather the U.S. slowdown.

Housing Starts in U.S. Probably Fell to 17-Year Low in April (Bloomberg.com)

16 May 2008

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Builders in the U.S. probably broke ground last month on the fewest houses in 17 years as slumping sales forced deeper cutbacks, economists said before a government report today.

Price Data Suggests Slowdown Is Cooling Inflation (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

16 May 2008

Consumer prices edged up slightly in April, but far more slowly than many economists had anticipated.