The two high points of the April 29 week are the FOMC meeting on Tuesday-Wednesday and the April employment report at 8:30 ET on Friday. For the former, no change in the fed funds target [...]

At minus 14 and minus 9, both the Relative Performance Index and the index less prices (RPI-P) extended the prior week’s pattern of global underperformance, too limited, however, to sway expectations for monetary policy.In the [...]

While expectations are universal that the FOMC will remain on hold with interest rates at the April 30-May 1 meeting, there is a good possibility that it will elect to make an announcement about a [...]

Federal Reserve policymakers will not be commenting on monetary policy this week since it falls within the communications blackout period that surrounds the April 30-May 1 FOMC meeting. Expectations for the meeting are consistent with [...]

Having consistently surprised on the upside over the last four weeks or so, global economic activity was weaker than forecast last week. That said, at minus 11 and minus 5 respectively, both the Relative Performance [...]

The last economic data report that has the potential to change the tone of the upcoming FOMC meeting on April 30-May 1 is retail and food services sales at 8:30 ET on Monday. Sales were [...]

Global data on net are coming in right at expectations, at plus 1 and very near the zero line on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index. When excluding inflation, however, the index less prices (RPI-P) rises to [...]

The three Fed district bank GDP nowcasts for the first quarter 2024 are fairly consistent in anticipating the advance estimate of real GDP set for release at 8:30 ET on Thursday, April 25. At 2-3 [...]

Market participants do not expect the ECB to lower key interest rates on Thursday. Since last month’s meeting, the Eurozone economy has gained some momentum but remains close to recession and inflation has fallen further. [...]