Today's Economy LatAm Daily Briefing: Colombia's Peso Weakens The currency continues to move with oil prices, a relationship bringing uncertainty. Europe Daily Briefing: ECB May Come to the Rescue Core inflation should trend higher, but COVID-19 could shift that off course. Asia-Pacific Daily Briefing: Australia and Malaysia Cut Rates COVID-19 drove the March reductions and an easing bias remains. Equities Entered March Like a Roaring Lion The market value of U.S. common stock rebounded by $1.316 trillion on Monday. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary U.S. Chartbook: Still Healthy The economic data remained strong in the face of a potential pandemic. Early Look at Chinese Manufacturing Since COVID-19 Both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing PMIs hit record lows in February. U.S. Weekly Highlights and Preview, March 2, 2020 Financial market conditions may factor most in any signals from the Fed. Latin America Weekly Highlights and Preview, February 28, 2020 March kicks off with a bundle of reports on inflation. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Japan Consumer Confidence Feb. 2020: 38.4 Japan's consumer confidence index weakened in February, as the composite index fell by 0.7 point on a monthly basis to 38.4. United States CoreLogic Home Price Index Jan. 2020: 4% The CoreLogic Home Price Index increased 4% year over year in January, matching December's growth rate, before revisions. United States Vehicle Sales - AutoData Feb. 2020: Italy Unemployment Jan. 2020: 9.8% Italy’s unemployment rate held steady at 9.8% in January. Euro Zone Preliminary Consumer Price Index Feb. 2020: 1.2% Preliminary numbers showed that euro zone inflation fell to a below-consensus 1.2% y/y in February from 1.4% in January. Euro Zone Unemployment Jan. 2020: 7.4% The euro zone’s jobless rate held steady at 7.4% in January, its lowest since May 2008. United States ISM - NY Report Feb. 2020: 51.9 New York City appears to be back on track based on the February ISM-New York Report on Business, even as survey components reveal a bit more nuance. United States FOMC Monetary Policy Mar. 2020: 1% to 1.25% The Federal Open Market Committee lowered the target fed funds rate by 50 basis points to 1% to 1.25% because of the heightened downside risks COVID-19 poses to the U.S. economy. United States Moody’s Analytics Policy Uncertainty Index February 28: 135.8 The four-week moving average in our U.S. policy uncertainty index increased from 132.9 to 135.8 in the week ended February 28. Australia GDP 2019Q4: Malaysia Foreign Trade Jan. 2020: » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS |