Recent Updates
- UK: Lloyds TSB Business Barometer (Nov)
- China: Steel PMI, Manufacturing PMI, Nonmanufacturing PMI (Nov)
- New Zealand: ANZ Business Outlook Survey (Nov)
- Australia: Assets & Liabilities of ADIS (Oct), External Debt, International Investment Position, BOP (Q3)
- more updates...
Economy in Brief
Texas Manufacturing Activity Eases but Expectations Improve in November
The Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey, conducted by the Dallas Fed, indicated that its General Business Activity Index slipped to 11.8...
German Consumer Climate Falls and Weakness Follows in France and Italy
After two months of logging net positive readings, the look-ahead GfK climate reading slipped back into negative territory...
U.S. Personal Spending & Price Inflation Strengthen
Personal consumption expenditures surged 1.3% (12.0% y/y) during October...
U.S. New Home Sales Rise Slightly in October
New single-family home sales rose 0.4% in October (-23.1% y/y) to 745,000 (SAAR)...
Total U.S. Durable Goods Orders Decrease, But Several Industries Have Sizable Gains
Manufacturers' new orders for durable goods fell 0.5% in October (+11.0% y/y)...
Andrew Cates
Haver Analytics is pleased to bring Andrew Cates's commentaries on the state of the global economy to its clients.
Andy Cates has more than 25 years of experience forecasting the global economic outlook and in assessing the implications for policy settings and financial markets. He has held various senior positions in London in a number of Investment Banks including as Head of Developed Markets Economics at Nomura and as Chief Eurozone Economist at RBS. These followed a spell of 21 years as Senior International Economist at UBS, 5 of which were spent in Singapore. Prior to his time in financial services Andy was a UK economist at HM Treasury in London holding positions in the domestic forecasting and macroeconomic modelling units.
He has a BA in Economics from the University of York and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton.