Today's Economy Economic Roundup: Financial Markets Don't Share Businesses' Gloom Easing in financial market conditions will provide a boost to the U.S. economy next year. LatAm Daily Briefing: Peeling Back the Curtain on Colombia’s Magical Moment Colombia is a rare success story, but economic vulnerabilities lie in plain sight. Awaiting Brexit, U.K. Households Hold Back With elections and Brexit on the horizon, households may restrain their holiday spending. Europe Daily Briefing: Never a Dull Moment With Brexit The pound has soared over the past few weeks. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary U.S. Macro Outlook: Economy Throttles Back Consumers are the firewall as the tax cut boost has faded and the trade war takes a toll. Remittances to Mexico: The Myth of the Exchange Rate's Power The causality goes from remittances to the peso, not the other way around. Macro Roundup: More Clouds to Clear in Germany Preliminary estimates allayed fears of a technical recession, but we aren’t in the clear yet. Europe Weekly Highlights and Preview, 15 November, 2019 The upcoming week is quiet on data, but a highlight will be Germany's third-quarter GDP. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
World Moody's Analytics Global GDP 2019Q2: 2.7% Our estimate of global real GDP growth was revised a touch higher in the second quarter, as it's now shown to have risen 2.7% at an annualized rate (previously 2.6%). Chile GDP 2019Q3: 3.3% Chile’s economic growth accelerated in the third quarter after moderating significantly in the first half of the year. Peru Unemployment Oct. 2019: 6.4% The job market in the Lima metropolitan area advanced gingerly in the three months ended in October. Russian Federation Industrial Production Oct. 2019: 2.6% Russia's industrial production slumped to 2.6% in yearly terms in October, down from 3% in September. World Moody's Analytics Survey of Business Confidence November 15: 12.7 There is a growing dichotomy between the enthusiasm of global equity investors, who are bidding up stock prices to record highs, and businesses, which remain very anxious about their prospects. United States NAHB Housing Market Index Nov. 2019: 70 Homebuilder sentiment inched down 1 basis point to 70 in November. United States Treasury International Capital Flows Sep. 2019: $49.5 bil Net long-term capital flows reversed course, increasing in September. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS |