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2024-07-17 09:00:00 ET Summary The global economy continues to expand, with forecasts for 2024 and 2025 just a hair below the last two years. CPB’s tabulation of world trade, though, shows recent data about two percent below 2022’s peak. Right now, it’s ha...

2024-07-17 04:20:00 ET Summary Global growth is being supported by moderating inflation, more accommodative financial conditions and a pickup in global trade. S&P Global Market Intelligence analysts' forecast of global real GDP growth in 2024 is unchanged at 2.7% i...

2024-07-09 07:55:00 ET Summary Developed market central banks are starting to cut policy rates. U.S. stocks hit a fresh record high and 10-year U.S. Treasury yields slid last week after U.S. jobs data showed moderating wage growth. We watch the U.S. CPI data for June this week...

2024-07-08 13:30:00 ET Summary Underpinning the latest reduction in global trade was a renewed fall in manufacturing new export orders. Service sector export business remained in expansion, though at a softer pace compared to May. More detailed PMI data revealed that the top f...

2024-07-04 12:30:00 ET Summary The French election: I discuss the investment implications of three possible scenarios: a far-right majority, a far-left majority, and a temporary administrative solution. We received two important data points that could bring us closer to the long-a...

2024-07-04 02:35:00 ET Summary Understanding country, industry and stock concentrations in global equities today is important to monitor risk, interpret what is driving markets and form expectations of market opportunities. US stocks account for over three-quarters of the top 250 ...

2024-07-03 00:25:00 ET Summary At 50.9 in June, the Global Manufacturing PMI, sponsored by J.P. Morgan and compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence, recorded above the 50.0 neutral mark for a fifth successive month. Down from 51.0 in May, the latest data signalled a marginal...

2024-06-24 10:40:00 ET Summary June flash PMI survey data showed the G4 major developed economies expanding for a seventh successive month in June. US saw strong economic growth, while Europe and Japan experienced slowdowns, with varying factors contributing to the divergences. ...

2024-06-21 05:30:00 ET Summary The real GDP growth forecasts for 2024 have been lowered in a few major economies, including the US, Canada, Brazil and Japan. We continue to expect a gradual downward trend in global consumer price index inflation in 2024-26, driven by a moder...

2024-06-10 15:55:00 ET Summary The seasonally adjusted Global PMI New Export Orders Index posted 50.6 in May, unchanged from April. The service sector continued to register a stronger rate of export business expansion compared with manufacturing according to May PMI data. Alth...