According to IHS Global Insight Economists, Japan's real GDP increased at a 4.1 percent annual rate in the first quarter, led by gains in private consumption, government spending, and net exports.
Monday, June 25, 2012 · Shiv Shivaraman, Thomas Rings, Kish Khemani, David Qu, and Dr. Marius Vaarkamp
The second half of 2010 and early 2011 saw exponential increases in market prices of rare earth elements, the 17 chemical elements with unusual properties that make them valuable in metal alloys, magnets and catalysts. Meanwhile, disruptions in global auto production following…
In a collective effort to stem the flow of eroding freight pricing, ocean carriers are now competing on the two major global trade lanes – EU-Asia and the Transpacific – by focusing on value rather than rates
Research from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program entitled Locating American Manufacturing: Trends in the Geography of Production shows that since the beginning of 2010, manufacturing employment has increased by 5.2 percent in the Midwest, while it has gone up by only…
A new Report from the McKinsey Global Institute maintains that the dynamics of the global labor market may create new challenges for supply chain managers
As the U.S. Senate continues its debate on ratification of the Law of the Sea Convention, ocean cargo shipping specialists contend the issue is becoming stale
In a recently completed survey that the American Association of Port Authorities initiated, U.S. seaport agencies and their private-sector partners plan to invest a combined $46 billion over the next five years in wide-ranging capital improvements to their marine operations…
On the heels of two strong months of global trade activity, data released by Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed a bit of a slowdown from April to May.
At a time when mixed economic signals continue to prevail, May retail sales data from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation both were down compared to May and up annually
In yet another indication of the nation’s slow economic recovery, U.S. logistics costs rose 6.6 percent last year to $1.28 trillion, up $79 billion from 2010, according to the newest State of Logistics report.
As the Agricultural Transportation Coalition prepares to convene in San Francisco for their annual convention next week, comes news that California ag exports are in decline
In a preemptive move to protect its market share, the Los Angeles Harbor Commission adopted a 2012-13 fiscal year budget last week of approximately $954.1 million for the Port of Los Angeles.
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