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Today's Economic Indicators
Finland
Consumer Price Index
Aug. 2022: 7.6% y/y
Finland’s annual inflation rate moderated slightly in August, decelerating to 7.6% year over year from 7.8% in July on the back of a milder rise in petrol prices. Sweden
Consumer Price Index
Aug. 2022: 9.8% y/y
Sweden’s year-on-year inflation rate accelerated to 9.8% y/y in August from 8.5% in July. Hong Kong SAR (China)
Industrial Production
Apr. 2022: 2.7% y/y
Hong Kong's industrial production increased by 2.7% year over year in the second quarter of 2022, following a 1.2% year-over-year contraction in the prior quarter. United Kingdom
Consumer Price Index
Aug. 2022: 9.9% y/y
CPI inflation was 9.9% in August, down from 10.1% in July, confounding the consensus expectation of a rise to 10.2%. Euro Zone
Industrial Production
Jul. 2022: -2.3% m/m
Industrial production in the euro zone slumped by 2.3% m/m in July after it rose by 1.1% in June—a much weaker result than we had expected. United States
MBA Mortgage Applications Survey
September 09: -1.2%
Mortgage application volume has fallen for six consecutive weeks, declining 1.2% in the week ended September 9. Brazil
Retail Sales Index
Jul. 2022: -5.2% y/y
Brazil’s retail sales contracted in July. Canada
Survey of Manufacturing
Jul. 2022: -0.9% m/m
Manufacturing sales continued their slide for the third consecutive month. United States
Producer Price Index
Aug. 2022: -0.1% m/m
The U.S. India
Foreign Trade
Aug. 2022: -US$28.0 bil
India’s merchandise trade deficit decreased in August, falling to $28 billion from $30 billion in the previous month. United States
Moody’s Analytics Policy Uncertainty Index
September 09: 352.0 4-wk MA
The four-week moving average in our U.S. World
Moody's Analytics Global CPI
Aug. 2022: 0.5% m/m
Moody’s Analytics estimate of global inflation accelerated further to 11.9% y/y in August from 11.7% in July. United States
Oil Inventories
September 09: 429.6 mil barrels
Oil inventories increased last week and were 2.9% higher than a year earlier. Canada
RPS House Price Index
Aug. 2022: 13.8% y/y
Argentina
Consumer Price Index
Aug. 2022: 78.5% y/y
The statistics office’s national consumer price index increased 7% m/m in August, compared with 2.5% a year earlier. New Zealand
GDP
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Japan
Foreign Trade
Aug. 2022:
Australia
Employment Situation
Aug. 2022:
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