Friday, February 10, 2017

OECD leading economic indicators...

"...continue to point to growth gaining momentum in several advanced economies.", according to the press release published February 8 on that organization web site.

http://www.oecd.org/std/leading-indicators/OECD-CLI-02-17.pdf

Quebec economy: the Desjardins Leading Index...

...continues its progression, and that lets believe that the economic activity expansion will keep on going at a moderate growth in the coming months. The most recent data on this index were published February 9 on Desjardins' web site.

https://www.desjardins.com/ressources/pdf/ipd0217e.pdf

Economists from that financial institution projected, last January, that Quebec real GDP would grow by 1.7% in 2017.

Monday, February 6, 2017

The world economy pace of expansion...

...seems to accelerate these days according to PMI surveys by IHS Markit. The most recent data are based on surveys conducted last January, and for which the results were published February 3.

https://www.markiteconomics.com/Survey/PressRelease.mvc/6ad1129d978643939914b4311ded2e37