Macro View
Daily Insights
- Leading indicators remains strong. The Leading Economic Index (LEI) jumped 0.3% in March, after being up 0.7% in February and 0.8% in January. This index comprises 10 components (e.g., jobless claims, factory orders, and confidence) to show a picture of future economic health. This is one of Five Forecasters that we use as a warning sign for a pending economic slowdown, and fortunately we see little reason to expect a recession over the next 12 months. Year over year, this index is up +6.2%, well above the negative year-over-year signal that has preceded every recession going back to the early 1970s.
- Emerging markets under the hood. Emerging markets (EM) are one of our favorite areas to pursue alpha in 2018, as overall economic growth, demographics, valuations, and earnings all may continue to drive equity prices higher. Today on the LPL Research blog, we will take a look at two of the largest components of EM (South Korea and Taiwan) and show: 1) why these influential countries continue to look very strong technically; and 2) how this strength could help EM continue to outperform.
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Friday
- Germany: PPI (Mar)
- Eurozone: Consumer Confidence (Apr)
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