economic data
Financial performance metrics
Economic data refers to statistics and measurements that describe economic activity—employment figures, inflation rates, GDP, trade balances, consumer spending.
Governments and institutions collect and publish economic data, which markets watch closely for signals about policy decisions and future conditions: The Federal Reserve reviews economic data before adjusting interest rates.
Markets rallied on strong economic data.
- household incomeTotal money a home receives
- cost of livingPrice of basic necessities
- GDPNational output abbreviation
- jobs reportLabor market statistics release
- employment ratePercentage holding jobs
bond yields · exchange rates · job vacancies · inflation rate · fiscal deficit · balance of payments · trade tariffs · interest rates · wage growth · trade balance · labor statistics · demographic trends · commodity prices · trading volume · leading indicators · currency reserves · number crunching · soft landing
- Business Newsearnings report, market reports, quarterly results, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg
- finance termsnet profit, gross profit, budget, credit, debt
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor
- almanac contentsencyclopedia, yearbook, annual, calendar, time zones
- Bloomberg Televisionmarket updates, market analysis, breaking news, live coverage, financial reports
- development statisticsbirth rate, poverty rates, death rate, literacy rate, life expectancy
economic dataeconomic forecasts
Predictions about financial trends
market sentiment · expert opinion · anecdotal evidence · gut feeling · market speculation
economic dataenvironmental data
Measurements from nature
demographic data · health data · scientific data · personal data