V i e w p o i n t | 18 Sep 2025 12:43:53 ET │ 30 pages Global Economics Global Indicators August Chartbook: The World in Pictures CITI'S TAKE Our global indicators chartbook highlights ongoing resilience in Q3. The global services PMI in August was running above its solid average of the last few years, and the global manufacturing PMI posted its highest reading in over a year. Retail sales have also been surprising to the upside in the US and have held up well globally as well. Global exports meanwhile have ...

Canadian retail sales made up for the worst start to a third quarter since 2022 with a relatively healthy gain last month https://t.co/tQkYylJFmK ...

RT apewood (@apewoodx)growth? good (retail sales, manufacturing this morning, gdp revised up. jobless claims lower today suggesting bottom is in on the labor market weakness and recession mongers are again wrong). most importantly still a lot of spending on ai which has been the primary driver of the markets over the past year ish (while most want to focus on rate cuts, this has been the main piece)fiscal? yep still spendingmonetary? cutting and seems like the fed has basically no conviction on what they sh ...

US retail sales rose in August for a third month: Here's your Evening Briefing https://t.co/wYM6Heg1bl ...

U.S. Stock Market - U.S. stocks traded mostly lower, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 150 points, down 0.37% to 45,713.02 [1] - NASDAQ fell 0.03% to 22,341.05, and S&P 500 dropped 0.14% to 6,605.77 [1] - Energy shares increased by 1.1%, while utilities stocks fell by 0.8% [1] Company Performance - Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. reported second-quarter revenue of $557.41 million, missing analyst estimates of $562.78 million [2] - Adjusted earnings for Dave & Buster's were 40 cents per share, below estimates of 92 cents per share [2] Commodities - Oil prices increased by 2.2% to $64.70, while gold rose by 0.2% to $3,726.00 [5] - Silver traded up 0.1% to $43.000, and copper fell 0.1% to $4.7120 [5] European Markets - European shares were lower, with the eurozone's STOXX 600 falling 0.86% [6] - Spain's IBEX 35 Index decreased by 1.30%, and London's FTSE 100 fell 0.74% [6] Asian Markets - Asian markets closed mostly higher, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.30% and India's BSE Sensex increasing by 0.73% [7] Notable Stock Movements - Turbo Energy, S.A. shares surged 408% to $13.72 after securing a $53 million contract for energy storage projects in Spain [8] - WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. shares rose 28% to $19.13 following a non-binding agreement with Disney [8] - Jumia Technologies AG shares increased by 22% to $11.90 after an upgrade from RBC Capital [8] - Bionano Genomics, Inc. shares dropped 41% to $1.6398 due to a $10 million public offering announcement [8] - GD Culture Group Limited shares fell 19% to $7.84 after entering a share exchange agreement [8] - Next Technology Holding Inc. shares decreased by 17% to $23.79 after filing for a stock shelf of up to $500 million [8] Economic Indicators - U.S. business inventories increased by 0.2% month-over-month in July, aligning with market estimates [11] - The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index remained steady at 32 in September [11] - U.S. industrial production rose by 0.1% in August, exceeding market expectations [11] - U.S. retail sales increased by 0.6% month-over-month in August, surpassing expectations [11] - Export and import prices both rose by 0.3% in August [11]

Tuesday, September 16, 2025Ahead of today’s opening bell, new economic data should help color in the lines of what we expect the Fed will do at its next monetary policy meeting, which starts today and concludes with a new Fed funds rate tomorrow afternoon. The new figures out this morning are warmer than expected: will they matter to the Fed?Retail Sales Double Expectations for AugustThe August print on Retail Sales came in at +0.6% this morning, double the +0.3% expected and equalling the upwardly revised ...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for August showed consumer spending was higher than expected, with headline sales rising 0.6% versus the expected 0.2% monthly growth. This is unchanged from July's upwardly revised 0.6% growth and marks the third consecutive monthly increase in headline sales. For an inflation-adjusted perspective on retail sales, take a look at our Real Retail Sales commentary. Here is the introduction from today's report: Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food service ...

Good morning, John. Well, there's an old saying don't stand between an American and a cash register. And it looks like that was the case.Retail sales, a much stronger, stronger than expected, 6/10 percent gain after a 5/10 in the month of July. The survey thought we'd only see 2/10 in. A lot of the weakness was expected to be in automobiles.Retail sales ex autos up 7/10 of a percent, ex autos and gas up 7/10 of a percent. The July numbers have been revised higher, with advance headline sales up 6/10 instead ...

Market Performance - The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by 40 points, or 0.1% [2] - The S&P 500 also rose by 0.1% [2] - The Nasdaq Composite saw a gain of 0.2% [2] - Both the S&P and Nasdaq reached closing highs on Monday, indicating potential for further milestones [2] Treasury Yields - The yield on the 2-year Treasury note decreased to 3.54% after a brief spike due to stronger-than-expected retail sales [2] - The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slightly increased to 4.05% [2] Federal Reserve Meeting - Market participants are awaiting updates from the Federal Open Market Committee's two-day meeting, which may influence stock performance [1][2]

We are just seconds away from retail sales and import uh prices and the futures uh this morning have moderated a little bit there more than that but who knows how much movement we see for the next u couple of trading sessions maybe there'll be some Rick Santelli standing by at the CME uh in Chicago Rick uh you got the numbers please yes we are waiting our August read of course on retail sales this is the advanced look we'll get a more penciled in look in about a week and a half and the numbers hitting the w ...