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An economic indicator is a statistic that conveys certain information about economic activity. Economic indicators allow investors to analyses the economic performance of a state, country or region, as well as make forecasts about future performance. For example, each quarter the United States releases data on gross domestic product (GDP). This ...
Stocks had their best week of 2024 as fresh economic data helped ease recession fears.. For the week, the S&P 500 popped nearly 4% and the Nasdaq Composite soared more than 5.2% higher.Meanwhile ...
Signs of cooling inflation have bolstered a September cut prediction, with economic data indicating a continued decline from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022 to rates that have ranged from 3% and 4% ...
Economic data releases and earnings The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) surged 2.3% on Thursday, marking the biggest daily gain for the index so far in 2024. Just three days earlier, the S&P 500 registered its ...
Economic forecasting is the process of making predictions about the economy. Forecasts can be carried out at a high level of aggregation—for example for GDP, inflation, unemployment or the fiscal deficit —or at a more disaggregated level, for specific sectors of the economy or even specific firms. Economic forecasting is a measure to find ...
Blue Chip Economic Indicators is a monthly survey and associated publication by Wolters Kluwer collecting macroeconomic forecasts related to the economy of the United States. [1] The survey polls America's top business economists, collecting their forecasts of U.S. economic growth, inflation, interest rates, and a host of other critical ...
August 13, 2024 at 3:09 PM. On Wednesday, investors will digest one of the most important data points that will shape future Federal Reserve interest rate policy: July's Consumer Price Index (CPI ...
Nowcasting in economics is the prediction of the very recent past, the present, and the very near future state of an economic indicator. The term is a portmanteau of "now" and "forecasting" and originates in meteorology. Typical measures used to assess the state of an economy, such as gross domestic product (GDP) or inflation, are only ...