(BLS) US total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 194,000 in September, a deviation from expected increase of 500,000. Unemployment was down by 0.4% to a post-pandemic record low of 4.8%,…
(Destatis) Germany’s foreign trade balance in August was a surplus of 10.7 billion euros, a decline from 11.9 billion euros registered in the comparable month of 2020. Exports averaged 104.4…
(IHS Markit) China’s Business Activity Index moved from a contraction level of 46.7 in August to an expansion of 53.4 in September, reflecting robust improvements in service businesses. The mark-up…
(Department of Labor) US jobless claims for the week that ended October 2 was 326,000, a decline of 38,000 from the previous week and below the projected 348,000. On a…
(Destatis) The German industry production dropped by 4.0% in August compared to the prior month due to the impact of the pandemic. The calendar-adjusted industry production in August increased by…
(ADP) Total private sector employment in the US gained by 568,000 from August to September, underlining labor market recoveries constrained by the challenges of hiring. Large businesses added the most…
(IHS Markit) The UK Construction sector output expanded the slowest in eight months as subcontractors’ charges rose the sharpest in 23 years due to supply and demand imbalance. Construction business…
(IHS Markit) The output in the European automobiles and auto parts segment dropped steeply in September for the first time since May last year amid a sharp rise in work…
(Eurostat) Retail trade sales surged by 0.3% in the euro area and EU in August from July. The retail sales remained unchanged in the euro area and increased in the…
(Destatis) Germany’s factory orders were down by 7.7% in August, more than the forecasted decline of 2.1%. The decline reflected persistent delivery bottlenecks. The factory orders were still higher than…
(IHS Markit) JP Morgan Global Composite Output Index was 53.0 in September, an increase from a seven-month low of 52.5 in August. The index signals global growth for the fifteenth…
(Reuters) The International Monetary Fund now expects global economic growth in 2021 to slightly miss its July forecast of 6% as inflation and uneven Covid-19 recovery bites. IMF chief Kristalina…