Economy in Brief: July 2018

The EMU indexes, compiled by the European Economic Commission, show still highly elevated rankings by country although there has been very little change amid what has been steady erosion in the overall EMU index since March of this [...]

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas indicated in its Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey that the General Business Activity Index declined to 32.3 during July after increasing to 36.5 in June. The latest level remained near the [...]

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending sales of existing homes increased 0.9% during June following two months of decline. Sales rose to an index level of 106.9 (2001=100) which remained down 2.5% y/y. Sales [...]

Real gross domestic product grew 4.1% at an annual rate during Q2'18 (2.8% y/y) following a 2.2% rise during Q1, upwardly revised from 2.0%. It was the strongest increase since Q2'14. The increase matched expectations in the Action [...]

U.S. economic growth in Q1'18 moderated slightly more than earlier estimates. Real gross domestic product grew at a 2.0% annual rate, revised from 2.2% reported last month and 2.3% estimated initially. The rise followed 2.9% growth [...]

Inflation rates are on the rise in Germany almost any way you slice them and almost regardless of which metric you use. Almost… All the trends from one year and in by that I mean the usual horizons in the table from 12-month, six- [...]

Real gross domestic product grew 4.1% at an annual rate during Q2'18 (2.8% y/y) following a 2.2% rise during Q1, upwardly revised from 2.0%. It was the strongest increase since Q3'14. The increase matched expectations in the Action [...]

Real gross domestic product grew 4.1% at an annual rate during Q2'18 (2.8% y/y) following a 2.2% rise during Q1. It was the strongest increase since Q2'14. The increase matched expectations in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The [...]