| Today's Economy
LatAm Daily Briefing: Beyond the Quarantine Expect the economic pain to stretch well into the third quarter. U.K. Risk Matrix Update: The Climbing Numbers The country could easily end up as the European nation with the highest number of total cases. Europe Daily Briefing: Soft Data as Somber as They Come Sentiment declined across all sectors in all major euro zone economies. EU Risk Matrix Update: What's Next? The possibilities of deflation and a second wave of virus loom as lockdowns are lifted. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
Hong Kong Outlook: The Worst Is Yet to Come The impacts of COVID-19 have hit the economy especially hard. The Implications of Aussie Consumers Retreating Household consumption, the backbone of the Australian economy, has pulled back. The Next Recovery: A Regional Perspective An educated U.S. workforce and low population density may be the recipe for success. Latest PPP Funding Will Fall Short U.S. businesses have a second chance at the forgivable loans, but is there enough to go around? » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Spain
Retail Sales
Mar. 2020: -15.3%
Retail sales plunged a whopping 15.3% in seasonally adjusted terms in March. Euro Zone
Business and Consumer Sentiment
Apr. 2020: 67.0
The euro zone's business and consumer sentiment saw by far its most dramatic decline in the history of the series, falling 27.2 points to 67 and dwarfing last month’s record plummet of 8.4 points. United States
MBA Mortgage Applications Survey
April 24: -3.3%
Mortgage applications decreased by 3.3% over the week of April 24, after falling by 0.3% in the previous week. United States
GDP
2020Q1: -4.8%
U.S. Peru
Consumer Price Index
Mar. 2020: 1.8%
Inflation in the Lima metropolitan area rose 1.8% in March on a year-ago basis, 0.1 percentage point less than the annual inflation rate in February. United States
Business Employment Dynamics
2019Q3: 7.3 mil
A comprehensive read of third-quarter 2019 data shows that the labor market slowed in the second half of 2019. United States
Pending Home Sales
Mar. 2020: 88.2
The NAR pending home sales index plummeted 20.8% to 88.2 in March, giving back all of its gains made since early 2011, as the pandemic kept many homebuyers away from open houses. United States
Oil Inventories
April 24: 527.6 mil barrels
Last week’s crude oil inventory build fell short of analyst predictions, but this report is unlikely to boost oil prices as market players focus on low global oil demand. United States
FOMC Monetary Policy
Apr. 2020: 0% to 0.25%
The key takeaway from the Federal Open Market Committee’s post-meeting statement is that policymakers believe COVID-19 now poses significant risk to the economic outlook over the medium term. Japan
Industrial Production
Mar. 2020:
Japan
Retail Sales
Mar. 2020:
China
Manufacturing PMI
Apr. 2020:
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