[US Consumer Sentiment Sinks
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US plunged to 57.9 in March, the lowest since November 2022, from 64.7 in February and well below forecasts of 63.1. Many consumers cited the high level of uncertainty around policy and other economic factors. Meanwhile, inflation expectations surged, with the year-ahead gauge rising to 4.9%, the highest since November 2022.](/united-states/consumer-confidence)
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**US Stocks Rally, But Head for Weekly Losses**
The S&P 500 climbed 2% on Friday, the Dow Jones gained over 600 points, and the Nasdaq 100 rose 2.3% as fears of a US government shutdown eased and investors shrugged off weak consumer sentiment data. Senate Minority Leader Schumer signaled support for a Republican-backed funding bill. However, the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index plunged to 57.9, its lowest level since November 2022, reflecting growing uncertainty over inflation and tariffs. Tech stocks led the rebound, with Nvidia surging 4.6%, while Tesla, Meta, Amazon, and Apple all gained more than 1%. Meanwhile, Palantir jumped 7.6% despite concerns about potential defense spending cuts. Despite Friday’s gains, stocks remain sharply lower for the week, capping a volatile period marked by Trump's shifting tariff policies, recession concerns, and geopolitical tensions. For the week, the S&P 500 is down 4.3%, worst performance since March 2023, while the Dow Jones and Nasdaq have lost 4.6% and 4.9%, respectively.
82 min ago
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**Week Ahead - March 17th**
In the United States, investors will focus on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, which comes along with economic and "dot plot" interest-rate projections. Key US data include retail sales, industrial production, and housing market indicators, including housing starts, building permits, and existing home sales. Globally, interest rate decisions are expected from Japan, China, the UK, Brazil, Switzerland, and Sweden. Inflation data will be released for Canada and Japan, while China will report retail sales, industrial production, house price index, and fixed asset investments. In Europe, the UK’s unemployment rate and GfK consumer confidence, Germany’s ZEW economic sentiment, and Euro Area consumer confidence will be closely watched. Meanwhile, New Zealand’s GDP growth rate and Canada’s retail sales will also be in focus.
2 hours ago
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**British Economy Unexpectedly Contracts in January**
The British economy contracted 0.1% month-over-month in January 2025, following a 0.4% growth in December 2024, and worse than market expectations of a 0.1% gain. The largest downward contribution came from the production sector which fell 0.9%, after a 0.5% rise in the previous period. Manufacturing shrank 1.1% led by basic metals and metal products (-3.3%) and the manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations (-3.1%). Mining and quarrying also contributed negatively with a 3.3% fall, largely because of a 3.7% contraction in extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas. Construction also declined 0.2%, following a similar fall in December. Services on the other hand, expanded 0.1%, after a 0.4% rise in the previous period, led by administrative and support services (1.9%) and wholesale and retail trade (0.7%). Considering the three months to January, the GDP in the UK grew 0.2%.
11 hours ago
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**10Y Bund Yield Rises as Germany Agrees Debt Overhaul**
The yield on Germany’s 10-year Bund rebounded to 2.9%, its highest level since June 2011, following the country’s agreement on a debt overhaul and a significant increase in state spending. Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz reached an agreement with the Green and Social Democrat parties on Friday, paving the way for a parliamentary vote next week on borrowing rule reforms. The proposed changes would exempt defense spending from debt limits and establish a €500 billion fund for infrastructure investment. On the monetary policy front, investors scaled back expectations for additional European Central Bank rate cuts this year after policymakers adopted a more hawkish stance. President Christine Lagarde recently warned that trade war disruptions and increased government spending across Europe would make it increasingly difficult to keep inflation stable.
4 hours ago
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**Brazil Retail Sales Fall for 3rd Month**
Retail sales in Brazil edged down 0.1% month-over-month in January 2025, following a downwardly revised 0.3% fall in December 2024, and compared to forecasts of a 0.2% drop. It marks the third straight month of falling retail sales, although the results point to a period of stability in the retail sector, according to Cristiano dos Santos, from IBGE. Sales of pharmaceutical, medical, orthopedic, and perfumery products recorded the biggest decline (-3.4%), followed by sales at hypermarkets, supermarkets, food products, beverages, and tobacco (-0.4%), furniture and appliances (-0.2%), and fabrics, clothing, and footwear (-0.1%). In contrast, sales rose office equipment and supplies, IT, and communication (5.3%), fuels and lubricants (1.2%), other personal and household items (0.7%), and books, newspapers, magazines, and stationery (0.6%). Year-on-year, retail sales increased 3.1%, above 2% in the previous month.
6 hours ago
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**US Natgas Prices Set for 8% Weekly Fall**
US natural gas futures dropped over 8% to $4/MMBtu this week, pressured by near-record output and forecasts for milder weather over the next two weeks. Production in the Lower 48 states rose to 105.7 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) in March, surpassing February's record of 105.1 bcfd. However, gas flows to U.S. LNG export plants also reached 15.6 bcfd, matching last month's record. The latest EIA report showed US utilities withdrew 62 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas for the week ending March 7, exceeding forecasts of 50-55 bcf. As a result, storage levels remain 27% lower than the same period last year and 11.9% below the five-year average.
10 hours ago
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Actual
Chg
%Chg
[Crude Oil](/commodity/crude-oil)
67.001
0.45
0.68%
[Brent](/commodity/brent-crude-oil)
70.492
0.612
0.88%
[Natural gas](/commodity/natural-gas)
4.0492
0.06
\-1.50%
[Gasoline](/commodity/gasoline)
2.1460
0.0097
0.45%
[Heating Oil](/commodity/heating-oil)
2.1516
0.01
\-0.48%
[Gold](/commodity/gold)
2985.96
0.34
\-0.01%
[Silver](/commodity/silver)
33.778
0.08
\-0.23%
[Copper](/commodity/copper)
4.8719
0.0266
\-0.54%
[Soybeans](/commodity/soybeans)
1016.51
5.76
0.57%
[Wheat](/commodity/wheat)
556.03
8.78
1.60%
[Coal](/commodity/coal)
101.05
0.45
\-0.44%
[Steel](/commodity/steel)
3267.00
11.00
0.34%
[TTF Gas](/commodity/eu-natural-gas)
42.18
1.56
3.83%
[Lumber](/commodity/lumber)
666.12
33.65
5.32%
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Actual
Chg
%Chg
[EURUSD](/euro-area/currency)
1.08868
0.0034
0.32%
[GBPUSD](/united-kingdom/currency)
1.29229
0.0028
\-0.22%
[AUDUSD](/australia/currency)
0.63211
0.0036
0.57%
[NZDUSD](/new-zealand/currency)
0.57451
0.0049
0.86%
[USDJPY](/japan/currency)
148.453
0.637
0.43%
[USDCNY](/china/currency)
7.23798
0.0102
\-0.14%
[USDCHF](/switzerland/currency)
0.88426
0.0015
0.17%
[USDCAD](/canada/currency)
1.43820
0.0058
\-0.40%
[USDMXN](/mexico/currency)
19.8582
0.2283
\-1.14%
[USDINR](/india/currency)
86.9410
0.0127
0.01%
[USDBRL](/brazil/currency)
5.72200
0.0779
\-1.34%
[USDRUB](/russia/currency)
85.5070
0.7385
\-0.86%
[USDKRW](/south-korea/currency)
1452.12
2.0100
\-0.14%
[DXY](/united-states/currency)
103.728
0.1
\-0.10%
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Actual
Chg
%Chg
[US500](/united-states/stock-market)
5609.35
87.83
1.59%
[US30](/indu:ind)
41365
552
1.35%
[US100](/us100:ind)
19609
384
2.00%
[JP225](/japan/stock-market)
37480
690
1.88%
[GB100](/united-kingdom/stock-market)
8626
83
0.98%
[DE40](/germany/stock-market)
22973
406
1.80%
[FR40](/france/stock-market)
8043
105
1.32%
[IT40](/italy/stock-market)
38900
900
2.37%
[ES35](/spain/stock-market)
13010
189
1.47%
[ASX200](/australia/stock-market)
7805
56
0.72%
[SHANGHAI](/china/stock-market)
3420
61
1.81%
[SENSEX](/india/stock-market)
73829
201
\-0.27%
[TSX](/canada/stock-market)
24517
314
1.30%
[MOEX](/russia/stock-market)
3195
73
2.34%
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Actual
Chg
%Chg
[Apple](/aapl:us)
211.12
1.61
0.77%
[Tesla](/tsla:us)
248.85
8.42
3.50%
[Microsoft](/msft:us)
386.99
8.53
2.25%
[Amazon](/amzn:us)
197.40
3.69
1.90%
[Meta](/fb:us)
606.44
16.12
2.73%
[Nvidia](/nvda:us)
120.30
4.78
4.14%
[Visa](/v:us)
331.02
3.01
0.92%
[JPMorgan](/jpm:us)
232.57
8.24
3.67%
[Intel](/intc:us)
24.12
0.42
1.77%
[J&J](/jnj:us)
162.69
0.23
\-0.14%
[P&G](/pg:us)
167.41
1.08
\-0.64%
[Exxon Mobil](/xom:us)
111.68
3.09
2.85%
[Alphabet](/goog:us)
167.27
2.75
1.67%
[Goldman Sachs](/gs:us)
540.34
16.17
3.08%
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Actual
Chg
%Chg
[United States](/united-states/government-bond-yield)
4.3000
0.027
0.03%
[United Kingdom](/united-kingdom/government-bond-yield)
4.6740
0.041
0.04%
[Japan](/japan/government-bond-yield)
1.5280
0.019
\-0.02%
[Australia](/australia/government-bond-yield)
4.4790
0.056
0.06%
[Germany](/germany/government-bond-yield)
2.8755
0.022
0.02%
[Brazil](/brazil/government-bond-yield)
14.6790
0.216
\-0.04%
[Russia](/russia/government-bond-yield)
14.9100
0.100
0.10%
[India](/india/government-bond-yield)
6.7540
0.004
0.00%
[Canada](/canada/government-bond-yield)
3.0600
0.011
0.01%
[Italy](/italy/government-bond-yield)
3.9400
0.005
0.01%
[France](/france/government-bond-yield)
3.5670
0.015
0.01%
[South Africa](/south-africa/government-bond-yield)
10.5950
0.055
0.06%
[China](/china/government-bond-yield)
1.8980
0.012
\-0.01%
[Switzerland](/switzerland/government-bond-yield)
0.7680
0.007
\-0.01%
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Actual
Chg
%Chg
[Bitcoin](/btcusd:cur)
84423
3,358
4.14%
[Ether](/ethusd:cur)
1928.90
66.6601
3.58%
[Binance](/bnbusd:cur)
584.6
5.0300
0.87%
[Cardano](/adausd:cur)
0.74130
0.0395
5.63%
[Solana](/solusd:cur)
133.1251
9.8945
8.03%
[Ripple](/xrpusd:cur)
2.35282
0.1014
4.51%
[Polkadot](/dotusd:cur)
4.20
0.2216
5.57%
[Avalanche](/avxusd:cur)
18.88
0.3800
2.05%
[Polygon](/mtcusd:cur)
0.22
0.0053
2.50%
[Cosmos](/atmusd:cur)
4.17
0.2690
6.89%
[Dai](/daiusd:cur)
0.99996
0.0000
0.00%
[Litecoin](/ltcusd:cur)
91.960
4.0100
4.56%
[Uniswap](/uniusd:cur)
6.07
0.1771
3.01%
[Algorand](/algusd:cur)
0.20
0.0113
5.86%
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Country
GDP
GDP Growth
Interest Rate
Inflation Rate
Jobless Rate
Gov. Budget
Debt/GDP
Current Account
Population
[United States](/united-states/indicators)
[27721](/united-states/gdp)
[2.30](/united-states/gdp-growth)
[4.50](/united-states/interest-rate)
[2.80](/united-states/inflation-cpi)
[4.10](/united-states/unemployment-rate)
[\-6.20](/united-states/government-budget)
[122.30](/united-states/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-3.00](/united-states/current-account-to-gdp)
[341.15](/united-states/population)
[China](/china/indicators)
[17795](/china/gdp)
[1.60](/china/gdp-growth)
[3.10](/china/interest-rate)
[\-0.70](/china/inflation-cpi)
[5.10](/china/unemployment-rate)
[\-5.80](/china/government-budget)
[83.40](/china/government-debt-to-gdp)
[1.50](/china/current-account-to-gdp)
[1408.00](/china/population)
[Euro Area](/euro-area/indicators)
[15781](/euro-area/gdp)
[0.00](/euro-area/gdp-growth)
[2.65](/euro-area/interest-rate)
[2.40](/euro-area/inflation-cpi)
[6.20](/euro-area/unemployment-rate)
[\-3.60](/euro-area/government-budget)
[87.40](/euro-area/government-debt-to-gdp)
[1.70](/euro-area/current-account-to-gdp)
[350.08](/euro-area/population)
[Germany](/germany/indicators)
[4526](/germany/gdp)
[\-0.20](/germany/gdp-growth)
[2.65](/germany/interest-rate)
[2.30](/germany/inflation-cpi)
[6.20](/germany/unemployment-rate)
[\-2.80](/germany/government-budget)
[62.90](/germany/government-debt-to-gdp)
[5.80](/germany/current-account-to-gdp)
[84.70](/germany/population)
[Japan](/japan/indicators)
[4204](/japan/gdp)
[0.60](/japan/gdp-growth)
[0.50](/japan/interest-rate)
[4.00](/japan/inflation-cpi)
[2.50](/japan/unemployment-rate)
[\-5.50](/japan/government-budget)
[255.20](/japan/government-debt-to-gdp)
[4.70](/japan/current-account-to-gdp)
[123.59](/japan/population)
[India](/india/indicators)
[3568](/india/gdp)
[1.60](/india/gdp-growth)
[6.25](/india/interest-rate)
[3.61](/india/inflation-cpi)
[8.20](/india/unemployment-rate)
[\-5.87](/india/government-budget)
[81.59](/india/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-1.20](/india/current-account-to-gdp)
[1386.18](/india/population)
[United Kingdom](/united-kingdom/indicators)
[3381](/united-kingdom/gdp)
[0.10](/united-kingdom/gdp-growth)
[4.50](/united-kingdom/interest-rate)
[3.00](/united-kingdom/inflation-cpi)
[4.40](/united-kingdom/unemployment-rate)
[\-4.80](/united-kingdom/government-budget)
[95.30](/united-kingdom/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-2.20](/united-kingdom/current-account-to-gdp)
[68.27](/united-kingdom/population)
[France](/france/indicators)
[3052](/france/gdp)
[\-0.10](/france/gdp-growth)
[2.65](/france/interest-rate)
[0.80](/france/inflation-cpi)
[7.30](/france/unemployment-rate)
[\-5.50](/france/government-budget)
[110.60](/france/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-1.00](/france/current-account-to-gdp)
[68.44](/france/population)
[Italy](/italy/indicators)
[2301](/italy/gdp)
[0.10](/italy/gdp-growth)
[2.65](/italy/interest-rate)
[1.70](/italy/inflation-cpi)
[6.30](/italy/unemployment-rate)
[\-3.40](/italy/government-budget)
[135.30](/italy/government-debt-to-gdp)
[1.10](/italy/current-account-to-gdp)
[58.99](/italy/population)
[Brazil](/brazil/indicators)
[2174](/brazil/gdp)
[0.20](/brazil/gdp-growth)
[13.25](/brazil/interest-rate)
[5.06](/brazil/inflation-cpi)
[6.50](/brazil/unemployment-rate)
[\-8.90](/brazil/government-budget)
[84.68](/brazil/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-2.55](/brazil/current-account-to-gdp)
[212.58](/brazil/population)
[Canada](/canada/indicators)
[2142](/canada/gdp)
[0.60](/canada/gdp-growth)
[2.75](/canada/interest-rate)
[1.90](/canada/inflation-cpi)
[6.60](/canada/unemployment-rate)
[\-1.40](/canada/government-budget)
[107.50](/canada/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-1.00](/canada/current-account-to-gdp)
[41.50](/canada/population)
[Russia](/russia/indicators)
[2021](/russia/gdp)
[\-0.80](/russia/gdp-growth)
[21.00](/russia/interest-rate)
[10.10](/russia/inflation-cpi)
[2.40](/russia/unemployment-rate)
[\-1.70](/russia/government-budget)
[14.90](/russia/government-debt-to-gdp)
[2.50](/russia/current-account-to-gdp)
[146.20](/russia/population)
[Mexico](/mexico/indicators)
[1789](/mexico/gdp)
[\-0.60](/mexico/gdp-growth)
[9.50](/mexico/interest-rate)
[3.77](/mexico/inflation-cpi)
[2.70](/mexico/unemployment-rate)
[\-5.00](/mexico/government-budget)
[49.70](/mexico/government-debt-to-gdp)
[\-1.50](/mexico/current-account-to-gdp)
[128.46](/mexico/population)
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