Sunday, 29 April 2012


Eurozone Retail Sales Plunge at Strongest Pace Since Late-2008; German Retail Sales Plunge Into Contraction; French Retail Sales Plunge at Record Pace; Record Job Losses, Record Retail Plunge in Italy

Ireland’s Noonan Says Will Cut Growth Forecast by Almost Half: Irish growth may be about 0.75 percent this year, Noonan said in an interview with Dublin-based broadcaster RTE today, down from a December estimate of 1.3 percent.

US economic growth slows to 2.2% rate, official figures show: US government cutbacks mean growth rate slows from 3% in the final three months of 2011