Global economic data continue to underperform expectations, at minus 10 on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index and at minus 21 when excluding price data (RPI-P). The latter offers an indication on real economic activity which has [...]

In the countdown to the September 17-18 FOMC meeting, the number of reports that might change the outlook for a rate cut are fewer. As of Friday, August 30, there is less room for a [...]

As the unofficial end of summer approaches with the Labor Day weekend (August 31-September 2), markets may not be particularly attentive to the economic data calendar. There is nothing on it likely to change the [...]

Global data held steady in the underperformance column, ending the week at minus 8 on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index (RPI) and at minus 21 when excluding price data (RPI-P), the latter indicating greater underperformance in [...]

It may be making too much of out a single quote, but in the minutes of the July 30-31 FOMC meeting said, “Many participants noted that reported payroll gains might be overstated, and several assessed [...]

Economic data in the August 19 week will take a backseat to the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole (August 22-24) which will be brimming with central bankers and offering an opportunity to gauge the [...]

Global data edged a little bit deeper into the underperformance column, ending the week at minus 9 on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index (RPI) and at minus 19 when excluding price data (RPI-P), the latter indicating [...]

The dearth of economic data in the August 5 week gives way to a more compelling roster of economic data in the August 12 week. Concerns that the US economy is growing more slowly than [...]

Global data on net are posting near consensus estimates, at minus 7 and just below the zero line on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index (RPI). Yet when excluding what have been as-expected to firmer-than-expected inflation data, [...]