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"Outside of manufacturing, indications improving"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 12/20/19
Japanese inflation and US housing showing life.
"Monetary policy on hold, but growth also on hold"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 12/13/19
Retail sales in the US lead a flat run of weekly data
"Central banks on hold as data improves"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 12/6/19
Jobs, PMIs improve, but manufacturing and trade still questions
"Low rates or not, growth trends subdued"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 11/22/19
Little improved, data point to flat year end.
"Chinese trade, German production in contraction"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 11/15/19
Is consumer spending the next domino to fall?
"Chinese trade, German production in contraction"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 11/8/19
Global trade in question, growth signals weakening.
"Growth steady and synchronized; inflation still missing"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 11/1/19
From Europe to the US to China, the news is more good than bad.
"Steady, flat and low on ammunition"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 10/25/19
US capital goods down, October PMIs soft.
"Production and trade slowing, and inflation as well"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 10/18/19
Inflation expectations are a reflection of underlying demand.
"Global production weakening, inflation signals weakening"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 10/11/19
Industrial production weakens across major economies.
"Trade drying up, manufacturing contracting, central banks cutting rates"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 10/4/19
ISM rattles the view, how low will rates go?
"Global confidence steady, impeachment effects awaited"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 9/30/19
Declines in manufacturing and trade have yet to rattle sentiment.
"Central banks under stress, rate-cut resistance in the US"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 9/20/19
Cracks, squeezes and monetary policy.
"Hints of inflation, rising wages appear"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 9/13/19
Inflation and scaling back rate-cut plans.
"Cross-currents sweep data; central banks set to ease"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 9/6/19
Arguments for both sides in the rate-cut debate.
"Cast over the tariff cliff; global confidence in question"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 8/30/19
Confidence holds as tariffs escalate.
"Special factors pulling data lower; trade shots fired"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 8/23/19
An eruptive week of politics and soft data
"Data posting multi-year lows; US Treasuries soar"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 8/16/19
Confidence is turning lower and bond buying is turning higher.
"The subtext in global central bank speak: DEVALUATION"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 8/9/19
China scrambles the race to lower rates.
"The beginnings of a slump? Trade sinks manufacturing"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 8/2/19
Manufacturing data are justifying concerns over global slowing.
"Slowing trade slows manufacturing; rate cuts the answer"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 7/26/19
Competitive global rate cuts are building steam.
"Rush to rate cuts; Informed by incoming data?"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 7/19/19
For central bankers about to cut rates, the glass is half empty.
"Rates about to pivot lower though not all data soft"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 7/12/19
Inflation may already be improving before Fed rate cuts begin.
"Rush to rate cuts slowed by strong jobs"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 7/5/19
Jobs positive and a week that goes against trend.
"Global confidence sinks, multi-year lows the data theme"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 6/28/19
Edging toward rate cuts amid up-and-down data.
"Downshift in global rates underway; data soft but steady"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 6/21/19
The ECB and Fed fall in line and signal rate cuts.
"Production soft but consumers steady; inflation dormant"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 6/14/19
Data mixed but inflation clear.
"Rates about to pivot lower though not all data soft"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 7/12/19
Inflation may already be improving before Fed rate cuts begin.
"US jobs, German output slips; disinflation and rate cuts"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 6/7/19
Slumping growth and the race to cut rates.
"Trade and manufacturing weak; jobs and sentiment firm"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 5/31/19
Not all the economic signals are negative but central banks still likely to ease.
"Global slowing extended to May; monetary policy dovish"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 5/24/19
Global economy slows as US-China trade breaks down.
"Retail flat, production down but inflation up?"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 5/17/19
US and Chinese retail sales and industrial production mirror each other in April.
"Heavy tariffs new normal; assessing country trade data"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 5/10/19
An overview of trade data show evidence of global slowing.
"US, Eurozone jobs up; inflation mixed but Fed hawkish"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 5/3/19
Inflation isn't as weak as it looks, and neither is the Fed.
"Data mixed, sentiment soft and monetary easing powerful"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 4/26/19
The global economy may or may not be slowing, but central banks are committed to easing.
"Output mixed; retail spending up; inflation flat"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 4/19/19
Global data increasingly improves.
"Headline trade may be improving but orders, inflation soft"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 4/12/19
Not all the week's news, not even China trade, was completely positive.
"US jobs recover but retail soft, global mfg in doubt"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 4/5/19
The delicate balance between economic pace and expectations for monetary policy.
"The consumer and inflation show risk, housing improves"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 3/29/19
A soft consumer spells a rate-cut bias.
"Data soft but not that bad; markets hint at recession risk"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 3/22/19
Housing is the surprise star of an otherwise upsetting week.
"Small bounces yes, but strong news in short supply"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 3/15/19
Softening economic data open the way for a dovish FOMC.
"Payrolls plunge, deficit deepens but there's still good news"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 3/8/19
Unexpected weakness hitting the US on a broad front.
"Q4 proved solid, but plenty of questions for Q1"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 3/1/19
Strengths are many but they don't include housing and maybe not manufacturing.
"Bad news builds: capital goods down, housing struggles"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 2/22/19
A capital-goods dip spells a confidence dip.
"U.S. hit by global flu, consumer spending rattled"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 2/15/19
Economic slowing makes its U.S. appearance.
"Export troubles holding down manufacturing and services"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 2/8/19
Global slowing may be catching based on the latest for manufacturing and services.
"Propitious week as Fed steps aside, labor market swells"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 2/1/19
Bullish week as the Fed becomes cautious at the same time that jobs strengthen.
"Housing, manufacturing indications weaken"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 1/25/19
There's enough data being published to question the strength of housing and manufacturing.
"Consumer sentiment dives on government shutdown"   by Mark Pender, Editor-in-Chief 1/18/19
Shutdown angst for consumer sentiment but the week's other data positive.
"Inflation steady, jobs positive as shutdown extends"   by Mark Pender, Senior Editor 1/11/19
Soft inflation, easing employment and routine Fedspeak make for dovish week.
"Jobs pivot higher, and so do the odds of a hawkish Fed"   by Mark Pender, Senior Editor 1/4/19
Despite Friday's stock-market rally, December's jobs report points to an unfriendly Fed.
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