Sentences with phrase «economic surprise indexes»

Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

Intra-stock correlation is not sending a tactical buy signal and the economic surprise index also argues for some wariness.

Earnings / Macro Pulse: But if you look at a couple of key indicators we track: the «nominal surprise index» (this tracks a combination of the Citi US inflation surprise index and the economic surprise index - giving a view on how the inflation and general economic data is turning out vs expectations), and the «earnings revisions indicator» (this combines earnings revisions ratio and the rate of change in forward earnings).

Not exact matches

Past March, markets will need to digest rising... core inflation and declining [purchase manager indexes], economic surprises and (quite possibly) earnings revisions.»

After last Wednesday's (September 18) surprise Fed announcement on economic policy (no tapering), all the main stock market immediately indexes sprinted to fresh multi-year or all - time highs.

Citigroup Inc.'s global surprise index tipped below zero on Friday for the first time since August, indicating that economic data in aggregate are missing economist forecasts rather than beating them.

Meanwhile, despite rebounding a bit in March, European economic surprises have turned negative since January, while a similar emerging market index has collapsed.

Specifically, the FOMC is opting to retain its easy monetary policies, but undertake no new initiatives at this time, Perhaps the Fed went this more conservative route in view of the somewhat better news out on the economic front over the past few weeks, notably the generally improving housing metrics, the pickup in June's personal income, and the surprising uptick in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index for July issued yesterday.

First, U.S. economic numbers continue to be mixed ---- an index of economic surprises is still hovering just above a six - year low ---- although the trend is toward improvement.

A combination of market positioning, such as record net - long euro futures positioning, rising U.S. interest rates, and diverging economic performances (such as data surprising indexes), seems to have encouraged the dollar's recent advance, helping our hedged positions.

The Citi Major Economies (G - 10) Economic Surprise Index has given up more than half the fall's gains and is on the cusp of turning negative, i.e. more negative than positive surprises, for the first time since early last fall (see the accompanying chart).

This relationship is even stronger when looking at a global (G - 10) index of economic surprises.

In recent months, we've observed one of the most persistent shortfalls from economic expectations in years, as measured by various «economic surprise» indices.