World economy, recent signs of improvement

The most recent monthly leading economic indicators from the OECD, published December 8, and the most recent IHS Markit PMI survey results, published December 5, let believe that the world economy expansion is showing signs of faster growth actually and for the months to come.

OECD press release:
http://www.oecd.org/std/leading-indicators/CLI-Dec16.pdf

IHS Markit press release:
https://www.markiteconomics.com/Survey/PressRelease.mvc/bcfa94c6e5454851895418920b6c87d9

The US economy is doing quite well these days

On November 29, the Bureau of Economic Analysis indicated that the american economy grew by 0.8% (3.2% annualised) in the third quarter, its best performance since the summer of 2014.

IHS Markit most recent PMI surveys show that the economy is growing at a similar rate in October and November.

Leading economic indicators from the Conference Board and the OECD let believe that growth will go from modest to moderate in the coming months.

For people looking for a «Trump» impact, just wait a few more months to see it in economic data, except obviously for the financial markets (equity, bonds) which reacted immediately after the November 8 elections and where data are rapidly available.

The world economy improved in October, according to PMI from IHS Markit

The world economy showed signs of better growth in October according to the most recent results from purchasing managers surveys (PMI) published by IHS Markit November 4. New orders data let believe that growth will continue to improve in November.

https://www.markiteconomics.com/Survey/PressRelease.mvc/dffc698018984829af58ec503a114e9d

The US economy improves in October, according to PMI

PMI results published October 26 by IHS Markit  show that the american economy started the fourth quarter at a good pace of growth.

https://www.markiteconomics.com/Survey/PressRelease.mvc/ff0a88d04891402fa6ce739c8b1b2db2

Better days to come for Quebec's economy, according to the DLI

Quebec's economy pace of growth might improve in the coming months based on the recent evolution of the Desjardins Leading Index for which data were published October 13.

World economy: modest growth, according to the IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published, October 4, its most recent World Economic Outlook. 2016, like 2015, will show a modest growth of the world economy. But, things might improve slightly in 2017.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/02/index.htm

United States economy: at best, moderate growth in the coming months

Many forecasters believe that the pace of economic growth will accelerate in the United States in the coming months. But, the monthly and semestrial evolution of the leading economic indicators from the Conference Board signal, at best, a moderate growth.

Link to the September 22 press release from the Conference Board:
https://www.conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1