Economy in Brief: April 2020

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that total the job openings rate slipped to 4.3% during February from 4.4% in January. The rate is openings as a percent of total employment plus openings. These figures remained below the 4.8% [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that total the job openings rate slipped to 4.3% during February from 4.4% in January. The rate is openings as a percent of total employment plus openings. These figures remained below the 4.8% [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that total the job openings rate slipped to 4.3% during February from 4.4% in January. The rate is openings as a percent of total employment plus openings. These figures remained below the 4.8% [...]

U.K. consumer sentiment recorded its biggest fall since records began in January 1974 as policy steps taken to curb the spread of coronavirus weighed on households. The GfK consumer sentiment gauge has plunged in March, but the [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) declined 14.3% during the four weeks ended Friday and 20.5% over the last year. The price index fell to the lowest level [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) declined 14.3% during the four weeks ended Friday and 20.5% over the last year. The price index fell to the lowest level [...]

• ISM Nonmanufacturing index declined substantially less than expected to 52.5. • COVID-19 related slowdown in supplier deliveries drove this reading. • Slower supplier deliveries normally suggest economic strength, but in this case [...]

While the deterioration experienced in most PMIs whether sector or composite generally is severe in March, despite the abruptness of the March collapse the table memorializes a long period of slowing that has preceded the current [...]