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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Today's Economy


Economic Roundup: U.S. Equipment Investment Losing Steam

Uncertainty will likely hit capital expenditure plans, but the fundamentals could win out.

LatAm Daily Briefing: Uruguay Moves Toward a Policy Rate

High rates of inflation in the country owe to structural and cyclical factors.

Europe Daily Briefing: No Good News for Euro Zone Factories

Germany is bearing the brunt, but all the large economies are feeling the pain.

Monetary Authority of Singapore Stands Pat

The decision reinforces MAS’s positive but modest assessment of the economic outlook for 20201.

» VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY



Commentary


U.K. Risk Matrix Update: COVID-19 Surges, and Brexit Clouds the Outlook

There is still no trade deal as the Brexit deadline approaches.

Moody’s Analytics October 2020 Baseline Scenario

With the latest release, we provide a short summary of the changes relative to September.

LatAm Risk Matrix Update: Second-Wave Risk

COVID-19 infections have increased across the region and threaten a double-dip recession.

U.S. Chartbook: Balancing COVID-19’s Uneven Effects

Structural divergences in the labor force have been exacerbated by the pandemic.

» VIEW MORE COMMENTARY



Today's Economic Indicators


South Korea
Monetary Policy
Oct. 2020: 0.5%
The Bank of Korea maintained its seven-day repurchase rate unchanged at 0.5% in its October meeting.

Spain
Consumer Price Index
Sep. 2020: -0.4%
Spain’s consumer price index fell for a sixth consecutive month in September, declining 0.4% on a year-ago basis.

Euro Zone
Industrial Production
Aug. 2020: 0.7%
Euro zone industrial production added 0.7% m/m in August, building on an upwardly revised 5% jump in July and marking the fourth consecutive month of rebound following March and April’s COVID-related slumps.

United States
MBA Mortgage Applications Survey
October 09: -0.7%
Mortgage applications slid by 0.7% over the week of October 9, partially reversing the 4.6% increase the previous week.

United States
Producer Price Index
Sep. 2020: 0.4%
The U.S. producer price index rose 0.4% in September, a larger gain than either we or the consensus expected.

World
Moody's Analytics Global CPI
Sep. 2020: 0.3%
Our estimate of global consumer prices softened to 3.6% y/y in September from 3.7% in August.

Argentina
Consumer Price Index
Sep. 2020: 36.6%
Argentina's statistics office’s national consumer price index increased 2.8% in September, down from 5.9% a year earlier.

Australia
Employment Situation
Sep. 2020:

China
Consumer Price Index
Sep. 2020:

China
Producer Price Index
Sep. 2020:

China
Industrial Production
Sep. 2020:

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