Italy Tag

Spotlight Interpump: Pumping Profits

16 Sep, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Knowledge Leaders

Italy’s Interpump is the world’s largest producer of pumps used in high-pressure cleaners for surfaces like ships, car washes and tooling machines, and also for cutting asphalt, stone, cement and metal. It is also the world’s largest manufacturer of pumps and cylinders for hydraulic systems...

European Producer Prices

25 Nov, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

Today’s release of October producer price data by Spain revealed a dip into negative territory: Germany’ producer price data has been fluctuating around zero for much of the year so far, making a more definitive move downward beginning in August: Meanwhile, France and Italy are...

Relative Strength for European Countries

20 Nov, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

In addition to looking at individual companies in the relative strength point-and-figure methodology, we also have the ability to look at aggregates such as the MSCI World country indices.A quick look at the European countries reveals a disparate bunch.Some are in significant downtrends that will...

More on European Banks: Italy

19 Nov, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

Following in Spanish banks’ footsteps, the Italian Banking Association announced a 23%yoy increase in non-performing loans in the month of September.  The total of about €145 billion accounts for nearly 7.5% of lending (up from just under 6% in the same month last year)....

Italian Business Confidence

28 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

Is today’s positive surprise in Italian Business Confidence (97.3 versus 96.3 expected) foreshadowing a strong rebound in industrial production? We will find out in just a couple of weeks (November 11th)....

ZEW Survey

15 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

In keeping with the familiar trend among European data releases, Germany appears to be the lone bright spot in an otherwise lackluster survey of economic sentiment:...

European Industrial Production

14 Oct, by Knowledge Leaders Team in Uncategorized

In spite of a better than expected monthly rise in production (in August), industrial activity in the five largest European countries continues to contract on a yearly basis– with the exception of Germany:And the recent tick down in the PMI Manufacturing survey would not suggest...