| Today's Economy
A Lot to Unpack in February U.S. Employment A bad month happened, but the trend remains our friend. Europe Daily Briefing: Euro Zone Factories are Back to Business Industrial production rose strongly in most of the area’s major countries in January. Asia-Pacific Daily Briefing: The Future Is Slower Growth Japan's Q4 GDP was upwardly revised; the October tax hike will likely cause a technical recession. Fed May Compensate for ECB’s Limited Rate-Cutting Capacity The futures market now implicitly assigns a much greater probability of 20% to a Fed rate cut by year end. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
Macro Roundup: China Is Focused at Home Fiscal stimulus will play a greater role stabilising growth in 2019. Asia-Pacific Weekly Highlights and Preview, 8 March, 2018 China's credit growth should remain on a broadly improving trend thanks to stimulus efforts. Europe Weekly Highlights and Preview, 8 March, 2019 We expect a series of votes in the U.K.'s slog toward Brexit. Latin America Economic Preview: 11-15 March Industrial weakness is seen in Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay, but production gains in Colombia. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
Canada
RPS House Price Index
Feb. 2019: 1.0%
A winter chill has settled over the housing market in Canada. France
Industrial Production
Jan. 2019: 1.3%
Beating all forecasts, France's industrial production rose by 1.3% m/m in January, following a downwardly revised (because of a major methodology update) flat reading in December. Spain
Industrial Production
Jan. 2019: 3.4%
Industrial production jump-started the year by adding a whopping 3.4% in month-ago terms in January. Italy
Industrial Production
Jan. 2019: 1.7%
Italy’s industrial production rose for the first time since August, gaining 1.7% m/m in January. Chile
Consumer Price Index
Feb. 2019: 1.73%
Annual inflation in Chile remains subdued as the economy decelerates and converges to its limited potential growth. Peru
Monetary Policy
Mar. 2019: 2.75%
Central bank officials extended their campaign of monetary stimulus in March, leaving the key reference rate unchanged. Canada
Housing Starts
Feb. 2019: 173 ths
New residential construction backpedaled in February. United States
Employment Situation
Feb. 2019: 20,000
The labor market showed the first signs of weakness in February. United States
New Residential Construction (C20)
Jan. 2019: 1.230 mil
Residential construction had a good start to the year as housing starts surged in January, regaining some of the activity lost last year. Canada
Industrial Capacity Utilization
2018Q4: 81.7%
Industrial capacity utilization fell for the second consecutive quarter. Canada
Labor Force Survey
Feb. 2019: 5.8%
Helping to dispel the gloom following the fourth quarter's poor GDP report, the labor market registered a strong gain in February. China
Consumer Price Index
Feb. 2019:
China
Producer Price Index
Feb. 2019:
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