Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.

• Actual50.7
• Forecast49.8
• Précédent49.6
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 23 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.

• Actual50.7
• Forecast49.8
• Précédent49.6
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 23 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.

• Actual44.1
• Forecast45.8
• Précédent45.4
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 23 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry;

Why Trades Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.

• Actual42.6
• Forecast44
• Précédent43.5
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 22 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.

• Actual52
• Forecast53.1
• Précédent53.1
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 22 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction.

• Actual45.6
• Forecast46.1
• Précédent45.8
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 22 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction;

• Actual52.4
• Forecast52.5
• Précédent52.1
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 21 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction;

• Actual51.8
• Forecast51.1
• Précédent50.9
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 21 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction. There are 2 versions of this report released about a week apart – Flash and Final. The Flash release, which the source first reported in Nov 2019, is the earliest and thus tends to have the most impact;

• Actual51.8
• Forecast51.1
• Précédent50.9
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 21 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry;

Why Traders Cares:It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy;

Notes: Above 50.0 indicates industry expansion, below indicates contraction. There are 2 versions of this report released about a week apart – Flash and Final. The Flash release, which the source first reported in Nov 2019, is the earliest and thus tends to have the most impact;

• Actual52.4
• Forecast52.5
• Précédent52.1
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 21 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy

Notes: Survey of about 650 purchasing managers which asks respondents to rate the relative level of business conditions including employment, production, new orders, prices, supplier deliveries, and inventories;

• Actual56
• Forecast54.4
• Précédent55.3
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 16 h

Description

Measures: Level of a diffusion index based on surveyed purchasing managers in the services industry

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and their purchasing managers hold perhaps the most current and relevant insight into the company's view of the economy

Notes: Survey of about 400 purchasing managers which asks respondents to rate the relative level of business conditions including employment, production, new orders, prices, supplier deliveries, and inventories

• Actual49.5
• Forecast51.7
• Précédent51.6
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 16 h

Description

Measures: Interest rate at which major financial institutions borrow and lend overnight funds between themselves;

Why Traders Cares: Short term interest rates are the paramount factor in currency valuation - traders look at most other indicators merely to predict how rates will change in the future;

Notes: The rate decision is usually priced into the market, so it tends to be overshadowed by the BOC Rate Statement, which is focused on the future;

• Actual4.5%
• Forecast4.5%
• Précédent4.75%
• Releaseil y a 2 j, 16 h

Description

Measures: Level of a composite index based on surveyed manufacturers, builders, wholesalers, services, and retailers;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of economic health - businesses react quickly to market conditions, and changes in their sentiment can be an early signal of future economic activity such as spending, hiring, and investment;

Notes: This survey is highly respected due to its large sample size and historic correlation with German and wider Eurozone economic conditions. It tends to create a hefty market impact upon release.

• Actual87
• Forecast88.9
• Précédent88.6
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 22 h

Description

Measures: Annualized change in the value of all goods and services produced by the economy

Why Traders Cares: It's the broadest measure of economic activity and the primary gauge of the economy's health

Notes: GDP Annualized is a gross measure of market activity because it indicates the pace at which a country's economy is growing or decreasing. Generally speaking, a high reading or a better than expected number is seen as positive for the USD, while a low reading is negative.

• Actual2.8%
• Forecast2%
• Précédent1.4%
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 17 h

Description

Measures: Change in the total value of new purchase orders placed with manufacturers for durable goods, excluding transportation items;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of production - rising purchase orders signal that manufacturers will increase activity as they work to fill the orders;

Notes: Orders for aircraft are volatile and can severely distort the underlying trend. The Core data is therefore thought to be a better gauge of purchase order trends;

• Actual0.5%
• Forecast0.2%
• Précédent-0.1%
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 17 h

Description

Measures: Annualized change in the inflation-adjusted value of all goods and services produced by the economy;

Why Traders Cares: It's the broadest measure of economic activity and the primary gauge of the economy's health;

Notes: There are three versions of GDP released a month apart – Advance, Preliminary, and Final. The Advance release is the earliest and thus tends to have the most impact;

• Actual2.8%
• Forecast2%
• Précédent1.4%
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 17 h

Description

Measures: Annualized change in the value of all goods and services produced by the economy;

Why Traders Cares: t's the broadest measure of economic activity and the primary gauge of the economy's health;

Notes: There are 3 versions of GDP released a month apart - Advance, Preliminary, and Final. The Advance release is the earliest and thus tends to have the most impact;

• Actual2.3%
• Forecast2.6%
• Précédent3.1%
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 17 h

Description

Measures: change in the total value of new purchase orders placed with manufacturers for durable goods;

Why Traders Cares: It's a leading indicator of production - rising purchase orders signal that manufacturers will increase activity as they work to fill the orders;

Notes: Durable goods are defined as hard products having a life expectancy of more than 3 years, such as automobiles, computers, appliances, and airplanes;

• Actual-6.6%
• Forecast0.3%
• Précédent0.6%
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 17 h

Description

Measures: The number of individuals who filed for unemployment insurance for the first time during the past week;

Why Traders Cares: Although it's generally viewed as a lagging indicator, the number of unemployed people is an important signal of overall economic health because consumer spending is highly correlated with labor-market conditions. Unemployment is also a major consideration for those steering the country's monetary policy;

• Actual235K
• Forecast238K
• Précédent223K
• Releaseil y a 1 j, 17 h

Description

The Core Personal Consumption Expenditure released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis is an average amount of money that consumers spend in a month. "Core" excludes seasonally volatile products such as food and energy in order to capture an accurate calculation of the expenditure. It is a significant indicator of inflation. A high reading is bullish for the USD, while a low reading is bearish.

• Actual0.2%
• Forecast0.1%
• Précédent0.3%
• Releaseil y a 17 h, 51 min

Description

Measures: Change in the inflation-adjusted value of all expenditures by consumers;

Why Traders Cares: Consumer spending accounts for a majority of overall economic activity. It's one of the most important gauges of economic health due to the vast ripple effect consumer buying creates in the economy;

• Actual0.3%
• Forecast0.3%
• Précédent0.1%
• Releaseil y a 17 h, 51 min

Description

Measures: Change in the total value of income received from all sources by consumers;

Why Traders Cars: Income is correlated with spending - the more disposable income consumers have, the more likely they are to increase spending;

• Actual0.2%
• Forecast0.4%
• Précédent0.5%
• Releaseil y a 17 h, 51 min