| Today's Economy
Economic Roundup: If You Open, Will They Come? States are beginning to open but supply may not create its own demand. Canada Weekly: COVID-19 Hammers Housing Statistics Canada estimates that the total value of housing permits issued in March fell by 23%. Webinar Replay: Europe Economic Outlook—Global Recession The COVID-19 virus continues to spread and the economic damage is mounting. Webinar Replay: COVID-19 Update We continue to answer economic questions about the coronavirus pandemic. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
Tracking the U.S. COVID-19 Stimulus Recession is unfolding with frightening speed, but policymakers have deployed economic relief with striking urgency. U.S. COVID-19 Tracker Update: Services Spending Collapses Real services spending fell 9.5% in March. COVID-19: Q&A We answer more economic questions submitted in response to our latest webinar on the pandemic. Latin America Weekly Highlights and Preview, May 1, 2020 March jobs reports will obscure the true extent of damage done by the COVID-19 crisis. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
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Semiconductor Billings
Mar. 2020:
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Consumer Price Index
Apr. 2020: 1.7%
The Lima CPI rose 1.7% in April on a year-ago basis, the first full-month reading since the imposition of a national quarantine in late March. United States
Construction Spending (C30)
Mar. 2020: 0.9%
U.S. construction spending surprised to the upside in March, rising 0.9% and far outperforming the consensus estimate of a 3.5% decline. United States
ISM Manufacturing Index
Apr. 2020: 41.5
The April ISM manufacturing survey is worse than it appears. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS | 
