Recent Updates
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Economy in Brief
U.S. Goods Trade Deficit Continues to Deepen in August
The advance estimate of the U.S. trade deficit in goods widened to $82.94 billion last month...
U.S. Energy Prices Were Mixed
Regular gasoline prices were unchanged at $2.17 per gallon (-17.9% y/y) in the week ended September 28...
EU Indexes Continue to Claw Their Way Back with Speed But from the Depths
This month the EU indexes for the EMU area rose to 91.1 from 87.5...
Texas Factory Sector Activity Picks Up As COVID-19 Cases Decline
The Dallas Fed reported in its Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey that the General Business Activity Index increased to 13.6% during September...
Finland's Sector Confidence Indicators Waffle
Finland's EK sector survey shows a great deal of lingering weakness in Finland...
Viewpoints
Commentaries are the opinions of the author and do not reflect the views of Haver Analytics.
by Gerald Cohen and Sandy Batten
Monitoring the economic impact of COVID-19 – both the abrupt slowdown as well as the reopening – has created a clear need for timely and high frequency data. As a result, numerous new statistics have emerged. This webinar contains a collection of these new statistics along with some tried and tested ones. For many of the new statistics, their history is insufficient to gauge their accuracy, though they generally appear to be informative. The data presented are mostly for the US. Be prepared for some startling charts!
