(NAHB) The US builder confidence for newly constructed single-family homes dropped two points to 79 in March, marking the fourth straight month of decline. The decline happens amid an ongoing…
(Census Bureau) US retail purchases rose by a modest 0.3% to $658.1 billion in February, compared to a higher 4.9% gain the previous month. The increase in retail sales was…
(Bureau of Labor Statistics) Wholesale prices rose again in February, soaring by 0.8% after another 1.2% gain in January 2022. In the twelve months that ended in February, the producer…
(Eurostat) Industrial production showed stagnation in the EU and the euro area in January, rising by only 0.4% in the former and held stable in the latter. In the last…
(NBS) China’s retail sales defied Omicron impacts in the January-February period to rise by 6.7%, above estimates of 3.0%. The gain was stronger than the 1.7% improvement in December. The…
(Reuters) Polymetal International, Petropavlovsk, Raven Property Group, and Roman Abramovich’s Evraz will be removed from all FTSE’s indexes in this month’s review. The move happens amid growing sanctions against Russia,…
(FT) China says it will double the allowable trading range of its currency with the rouble as it moves to bolster trade with sanctioned Russia. The China Foreign Exchange Trade…
(BLS) The US consumer prices ticked higher by a monthly 0.8% in February 2022, accelerating from an increase of 0.6% in January. Gasoline contributed to the largest increase in consumer…
(BLS) US job openings remained little changed at 11.3 million on the last business day of January. The rate of job openings also remained little changed at 7.0%. Job openings…
(NBS) China posted a producer price index of 8.8% in February, an eight-month low, easing from a 9.1% increase in January. The decline in factory prices happened amid the closure…
(Eurostat) The gross domestic product increased by 0.3% in the euro area in the fourth quarter of 2021 from the previous quarter. The gain was lower than an increase of…
(Census Bureau) The US recorded $544.2 new orders for manufactured goods in January, up by 1.4% or $7.6 billion from December. The manufactured goods orders have now increased in the…