Economic Indicators

We have created a comprehensive glossary of economic indicators from the relevant markets. While these indicators are generally applicable economic terms, some of them are specific for the country of their release.

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Auto Sales
Balance of Payments
Balance of Trade (Merchandise Trade Balance)
Beige Book Fed Survey
Business Inventories and Sales
Capital Account (now known as Financial Account)
CBI Surveys
Construction Spending
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Current Account
Durable Goods Orders
Employment Cost Index (ECI)
Employment Report
Factory Orders and Manufacturing Inventories
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
HICP (Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices)
Housing Starts/Building Permits
IFO
Implicit Deflator
Index of Leading Economic Indicators (LEI)
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM)
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M1
M2
M3
New Home Sales
Personal Income and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE)
Producer Price Index (PPI)
Productivity
Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)
Retail Sales
Tankan Survey
ZEW Indicator