- Federal Reserve officials raised fresh doubts on Wednesday about the durability of the U.S. recovery, while new business surveys highlighted developing risks from the relentless coronavirus pandemic.
Federal Reserve officials raised fresh doubts on Wednesday about the durability of the U.S. recovery, while new business surveys highlighted developing risks from the relentless coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. unemployment will likely decline to below 8% "maybe even 7%" by the end of the year, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard predicted Wednesday, with most employees recalled to their jobs in the next 90 days.
- U.S. office and apartment vacancy rates rose marginally in the second quarter from a year earlier, as property owners were yet to feel the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to real estate research firm Reis Inc. The U.S. office vacancy rate rose to 17.1% in the second quarter from 16.8%, a year earlier, while the U.S. apartment vacancy rate inched up to 4.8% from 4.6%. Reis said...
U.S. office and apartment vacancy rates rose marginally in the second quarter from a year earlier, as property owners were yet to feel the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to real estate research firm Reis Inc. The U.S. office vacancy rate rose to 17.1% in the second quarter from 16.8%, a year earlier, while the U.S. apartment vacancy rate inched up to 4.8% from 4.6%. Reis said t...
Argentine over the counter bonds rose an average 0.9% on Wednesday and risk spreads tightened 20 basis points to 2,323 over safe-haven U.S. Treasury paper as the market awaited a response from creditors to the government's bond revamp offer.
The dollar fell on Wednesday, tempering its safe-haven appeal for now, as
U.S. stocks rallied, although sentiment remained cautious amid a resurgence of new coronavirus cases
globally, particularly ...
NEW YORK, July 8, 2020 The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® for Japan decreased 1.4 percent in May 2020 to 84.5. The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® for Japan declined 1.1 percent in May 2020 to 98.6. The composite economic indexes are the key elements in an analytic system designed to signal peaks and troughs in the business cycle.
The following are forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal. DATE TIME RELEASE PERIOD CONSENSUS PREVIOUS Thursday 0830 Jobless Claims Jul 4 1388 K 1427 K 1000 Wholesale Inventories May -1.2% +0.3% Friday 0830 Producer Price Index Jun +0.4% +0.4%-- ex food& energy Jun +0.1% -0.1%-- ex food, energy, trade Jun +0.1% +0.1%. Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com.
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