Econoday’s Relative Economic Performance Index (RPI) edged up to exactly zero last week, showing recent global economic activity matching market forecasts. However, within the mix, China continues to underperform alongside Canada and Switzerland and the [...]

Econoday’s Relative Economic Performance Index (RPI) closed out last week at minus 4. While not significantly below zero, this extended its unbroken run of sub-zero readings to three weeks and, with the RPI-P at minus [...]

The FOMC meets on Tuesday and Wednesday in the December 16 week with the FOMC statement and update to the quarterly summary of economic projections (SEP) expected at 14:00 ET on Wednesday. Chair Jerome Powell [...]

The European Central Bank (ECB) is anticipated to cut its key deposit rate by 0.25 percentage points at Thursday’s announcement, bringing the rate to 3.00 percent. This aligns with the ECB's broader strategy to achieve [...]

The economic picture facing the SNB as it prepares for December’s Monetary Policy Assessment (MPA) is little changed from that at the time of the September report. Indeed, inflation has fallen even further and is [...]

Econoday’s Relative Economic Performance Index (RPI) slipped further below zero last week. At minus 16, the latest reading shows recent global activity struggling to keep up with market forecasts. The U.S. and Canada are essentially [...]

The December 9 week does not have a busy data schedule, but it does include the November CPI report at 8:30 ET on Wednesday. This is one of the last reports that could mean an [...]

Econoday’s Relative Economic Performance Index (RPI) lost some ground last week and, at minus 10, shows recent global activity running a little cooler than expected. The dip mainly reflects a switch to modest downside surprises [...]

The December 2 week will start off with a lot of recaps of conditions for retailers over the Thanksgiving weekend and running interest in how Cyber Monday looks for the winter holiday sales period. Retailers [...]