Since the industrial revolution, energy consumption and production has played a central role to economic development. The importance of oil and gas continued to increase with a more globalized world economy.
The iShares U.S Home Construction ETF (ITB) has soared by rallying over 30% since the beginning of this year. The purpose of this piece is to dive into relevant macro factors that may have played a key role in this rally.
In this week´s release spotlight we dive into some key data releases related to production and investments.
Following a recent piece on inequality, I will discuss a somewhat technical and very contentious topic in this blog post, that is also related to inequality: The decline or non-decline of the labor share of income.
In this week´s release spotlight we take a look at the labor force and employment rates.
You can follow the updates on any of these charts via Macrobond Live (It’s free!). Just click “TRACK UPDATES” below the chart, sign up and then save it in the Watchlist tab.
Macrobond users can download the chart to save in their Macrobond library, watchlist to track updates to the data.
Every month we deliver some startling statistics to the readers of the Property Chronicle. This time we present our trade index for the US and UK.
Powell’s presentation of the Fed’s new operating framework, a result of the Fed’s review of its monetary policy strategy.
In this week´s release spotlight we take a look at domestic and industrial trade, with a special focus on the automotive industry. You can follow the updates on any of these charts via Macrobond Live (It’s free!). Just click “TRACK UPDATES” below the chart, sign up and then save it in the Watchlist tab.
This chart pack covers industrial production and economic sentiment series with upcoming releases. Stay on top of the recovering economies around the world by tracking both hard and soft data releases this week.
This week I want to take a look at inequality, an important topic that is particularly relevant right now because of the impact of the Coronavirus.
This chart pack covers national accounts data with upcoming data releases this week. What will the latest figures tell us about the recovery outlook around the world?
Annual GDP growth forecast by IMF WEO, World Bank and EIU
An era of globalisation that boosted economic growth in developing countries for many years is shifting to an era of deglobalisation with increased protectionism. Many success stories in the recent decades have followed upon growth in trade and exports. The big four developing economies of the 20th century are Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively known as the BRIC economies.
