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- US: Monthly Treasury Statement (Sep)
- Japan: CPI (Sep), Wage Indexes (Aug), Trade Weighted Indexes (Sep)
- Flash PMIs: Australia, Japan, France, Germany, Euro Area, UK, US (Oct)
- Kosovo: External Trade (Sep)
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Economy in Brief
PMI Rebound Runs Out of Steam in October... Especially for Services
However, the longer view is clearly that an improving trend has been in place...
U.S. Index of Leading Economic Indicators Softened in September
The Conference Board's Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators increased 0.2% m/m (9.3% y/y)...
U.S. Existing Home Sales Show Unexpected Strength in September
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that sales of existing homes strengthened 7.0% ...
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index Backpedals in October
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Manufacturing Business Conditions Index weakened roughly seven points...
U.S. Unemployment Insurance Claims Continued to Fall
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell to 293,000 (-64.8% 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.