Central banks strikes a mostly optimistic tone in touting rebound in economic activity in recent months and improvement in the labor market. (fortune.com)
The evidence comes from a European study last fall, which found that global CO2 emissions growth in 2012 fell to 1.4 percent, compared with 3.5 percent growth in economic activity. (e360.yale.edu)
This understanding draws upon the fact that the housing recession had been going on for about two years before a wider slowdown in economic activity occurred. (alt-m.org)