| Today's Economy
Economic Roundup: New-Home Sales Surge Sales for two of the past three months have topped 1 million. Canada Weekly: Timing the taper The central bank is first out of the gate in reducing the pace of quantitative easing purchases. Capital Market View: FOMC Meeting Unlikely to Rattle Bond Market The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield will probably stick to a narrow range for a period of time. Asia-Pacific Daily Briefing: COVID-19 Is Still a Big Worry Local infection spikes in Japan and India are hurting their recoveries. » VIEW MORE TODAY'S ECONOMY
Commentary
Latin America Weekly Highlights and Preview, April 23, 2021 Mobility restrictions have returned to South America. Europe Weekly Highlights and Preview, 23 April, 2021 Our April baseline forecast has penciled in a 0.2% q/q euro zone contraction in the first quarter. Asia-Pacific Weekly Highlights and Preview: 23 April, 2021 Exports help to keep South Korea's and China's economies on track. U.S. Labor Market Participation for Women and Parents The gender gap for prime-age adults widened during the COVID-19 school year. » VIEW MORE COMMENTARY
Today's Economic Indicators
United Kingdom
Retail Sales
Mar. 2021: 5.4% m/m
U.K. retail sales continued to gain in March, and the rate of increase accelerated strongly as the economy began to gradually reopen. Austria
Industrial Production
Feb. 2021: 3.7%
Austria’s goods-producing sector of the economy may now be turning a corner, as industrial production rose for the second straight month. Mexico
Retail & Wholesale Sales
Feb. 2021: -6.3% y/y
Household consumption in Mexico gained a little more strength in February, though it continued to report an annual contraction. United States
Moody’s Analytics & CNN Business Back-to-Normal Index
April 21: 86.9
This week, the Moody’s Analytics & CNN Business Back-to-Normal Index clocked in at 86.9, a 0.5-point decline from the week before. United States
New-Home Sales
Mar. 2021: 1,021,000 SAAR
Payback from devastating winter storms pumped up new-home sales in March. » VIEW MORE ECONOMIC INDICATORS | 
