US Outlook Report: Disinflation – What Do the Tea Leaves Say? Last week we lowered our consumer price inflation forecast for 2015 by a half a percentage point to 1.2 percent. A strengthening U.S. dollar combined with large declines in oil and other commodity prices are expected to add to deflationary pressures in the months […]
Continue ReadingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 23, 2014 Contact: TONY LIVOTI Monterey Bay International Trade Association – TradePort.org 831-335-4780 California’s Super Region of Innovation Santa Cruz, CA – December 3, 2014 (The Cocoanut Grove at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk) Santa Cruz, Ca. (10/23/2014) – TradePort.org and the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA) have partnered with China Silicon […]
Continue ReadingClick here to read a Memorandum from House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy regarding 2015 priorities, including an emphasis on streamlining permitting processes.
Continue ReadingSEPTEMBER WAS BUSIEST MONTH AT THE PORT OF OAKLAND IN MORE THAN A YEAR Imports Up 7.1% From a Year Ago; Total Volume Increased 2.87% Oakland, Calif.–Oct 23, 2014–September was the busiest month at the Port of Oakland in more than a year. The Port said today that it handled 207,412 containers at its marine […]
Continue Readingwww.redwoodcityport.com October 22, 2014 Port Shipping Business Up 23 Percent Total tonnage for […]
Continue ReadingAttend the Bay Area Council’s Annual Dinner & Business Hall of Fame Awards next Wednesday October 29 for the region’s premier gathering of business, elected and community leaders. Please take a moment today to reserve your seats for the Bay Area Council’s Annual Dinner & Business Hall of Fame Awards presented by Kaiser Permanente on Wednesday, October […]
Continue ReadingCQ BUDGET TRACKER NEWS Oct. 16, 2014 – 4:15 p.m. Special Report: Omnibus May Be Within Reach By George Cahlink In a Congress defined more by what it hasn’t done than any legislative achievements, it would seem a long shot to pass an omnibus fiscal 2015 spending package in what’s sure to be a partisan […]
Continue ReadingEconomics Group: Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary U.S. Review Ghouls, Hobgoblins and Global Turmoil This week’s scary headlines helped stoke financial market volatility and raise fears about the economic growth and reawaken concerns about deflation Economic reports were generally mixed this week, with weaker reports on retail sales, producer prices and business inventories but stronger […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: Factoring in a Global Downturn into the U.S. Outlook Financial market volatility has returned with a vengeance. The S&P 500 is down about 6.0% over the past month. The financial carnage in Europe has been even more dramatic. The German DAX and French CAC index have both lost over 10% in U.S. […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: Fear Replaces Greed on Wall Street The IMF dropped a grenade on the stock market this week. Marking down the global growth outlook for this year for the seventh time to 3.3% and trimming expectations again for growth next year. The biggest cuts to the global GDP outlook came from […]
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