Today's Economy Economic Roundup: This Is Escalating Quickly Another bad day on Wall Street as COVID-19 fears fail to subside. The Fed and COVID-19 What the central bank can and cannot do. LatAm Daily Briefing: Mexico Confirms a Contraction in 2019 The economy declined 0.13%, 0.1%, 0.08% and 0.14% from the first to the fourth quarter. U.S. Economic Risk Matrix: Coronavirus Clouds Global Outlook We now put the odds of a pandemic at 40%. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary U.S. Financial Outlook: Assessing the Risk of Market Corrections The fallout from COVID-19 has produced a nick on the Teflon of U.S. equity markets. U.S. Chartbook: The Housing Rebound New residential construction is hitting its stride. Asia’s Response to COVID-19 Asia has dialled up the stimulus as the economic toll of the virus rises. COVID-19: Body Blow Will this black swan fly? » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Germany GDP 2019Q4: 0.0% Final estimates confirmed that the German economy stalled in the fourth quarter. Mexico Economic Activity Index Dec. 2019: 0.7% Economic activity in Mexico ended the year with some weakness and is still underperforming. Mexico GDP 2019Q4: -0.5% The economy ended 2019 with an extended annual contraction, prolonging its weakness along the year. United States S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller® Home Price Indexes Dec. 2019: 2.9% House price appreciation held strong in December, as measured by the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-City Composite Index. United States FHFA Purchase-Only House Price Index Dec. 2019: 5.2% The Federal Housing Finance Agency Purchase-Only House Price Index increased 5.2% in December on a year-ago basis. United States Richmond Fed Manufacturing Survey Feb. 2020: -2 Manufacturing activity in the Richmond Federal Reserve District contracted in February after a strong start to the year. United States Conference Board Consumer Confidence Feb. 2020: 130.7 U.S. consumer confidence inched higher in February, rising from 130.4 to 130.7. United States Moody’s Analytics Policy Uncertainty Index February 21: 132.9 The four-week moving average in our U.S. policy uncertainty index increased from 131.2 to 132.9 in the week ended February 21. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS |