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Economic Roundup: Help Wanted U.S. job openings topped 10 million in June, a record high. LatAm Daily Briefing: The Copper Crunch A Chilean mine strike could add more heat to global price pressures. Capital Market View: Waiting on July U.S. CPI The forecast is for the headline CPI to have risen 0.5% from June. Inside Economics Podcast: Episode 18—Jobs Jobs Jobs Are 1 million new jobs the monthly cap in the U.S. labor market? » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
U.S. Weekly Highlights and Preview, August 9, 2021 We look for the headline and core consumer price indexes to have risen 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively, in July. This Week in the COVID Recovery The job market makes a strong comeback from the pandemic, but with remote work there is no going back. U.S. Chartbook: Labor Market Momentum Growth pressed forward in June and July, even as microchip shortages weakened new-vehicle sales. Latin America Weekly Highlights and Preview, August 6, 2021 Mexico's inflation decelerates as Brazil's climbs. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Malaysia
Industrial Production
Jun. 2021: 1.4% y/y
Malaysia’s industrial production expanded by 1.4% y/y in June, following a 26.1% increase in May. Switzerland
Unemployment rate
Jul. 2021: 3.0%
Switzerland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged down to 3% in July from 3.1% in June. Norway
Industrial Production
Jun. 2021: 0.9% m/m
Norway’s industrial production increased by 0.9% m/m in June after decreasing by 0.2% in May. Ireland
Industrial Production
Jun. 2021: -4.4% m/m
Irish industrial production contracted by 4.4% in June from the previous month. Mexico
Consumer Price Index
Jul. 2021: 5.81% y/y
Annual inflation in Mexico reported another mild decline in July after a steady rebound in the first four months of the year. World
Moody's Analytics Survey of Business Confidence
August 06: 15.0
Global business sentiment has brightened since the pandemic began to fade earlier this year, but it is far from assured. United States
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Jun. 2021: 6.5% openings rate
U.S. businesses have a ton of open positions, but some labor-supply issues because of the pandemic are making it difficult to fill them. Chile
Foreign Trade
Jul. 2021: US$604.2 mil
Chile's trade surplus came in lighter than expected, but not by much, and the difference owes mainly to surging imports—a telltale sign of the firming recovery. Philippines
GDP
2021Q2:
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