| Today's Economy
LatAm Daily Briefing: Urbano Music’s Economic Blueprint The stunning global success of Latin music offers new growth paths for regional economies. Capital Markets View: U.S. Supply-Chain Stress Re-Intensifies Corporations are issuing debt before interest rates rise further and corporate bond spreads widen. Asia-Pacific Daily Briefing: China's First-Quarter GDP Surprises on the Upside Lockdowns will likely have a bigger impact on domestic consumption in April. Canada Weekly: Manufacturing Health Check Canada's manufacturing sector remains an integral part of the economy despite shrinking. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
U.S. Weekly Highlights and Preview, April 18, 2022 The U.S. labor market is tight, creating an issue for the Federal Reserve. U.S. Credit Outlook: Qualifying Risks Accelerating inflation and the chances of a policy misstep by the Fed threaten to derail our baseline forecast. Latin America Weekly Highlights and Preview, April 15, 2022 Regional indexes are trending upward, but near-term inflation concerns remain. Europe Weekly Highlights and Preview, 15 April, 2022 The ECB still says interest rate hikes will only come ‘some time after’ the end of net purchases, making a July hike unlikely. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Indonesia
Foreign Trade
Mar. 2022: US$4.53 bil
Indonesia’s foreign trade surplus widened to $4.5 billion in March from February’s $3.8 billion. Malaysia
Foreign Trade
Mar. 2022: MYR26.7 bil
Malaysia’s trade surplus widened in March to MYR26.7 billion, a 10.3% increase over the same month in 2021. World
Moody's Analytics Survey of Business Confidence
April 15: -0.4
Global business sentiment has been stuck in the doldrums since start of the year, with about one-third of responses to the survey questions being negative, one-third positive, and the remaining one-third neutral. United States
NAHB Housing Market Index
Apr. 2022: 77
Homebuilder confidence dropped 2 points to 77 in April. United States
Treasury International Capital Flows
Feb. 2022: $141.7 bil
Net long-term capital flows were positive for the 10th straight month in February, with net inflows totaling $141.7 billion. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS | 
