A–Z of economic indicators

A monthly Dallas Fed survey indicator of broad business conditions among Texas manufacturers.

This is a monthly Dallas Fed survey of service-sector businesses in Texas. It asks firms whether activity such as revenue, employment, prices and general business conditions improved, worsened or stayed the same from the prior month.

The Dallas Fed Services Revenues Index measures whether Texas service-sector firms report higher or lower revenue than in the previous month. It is a monthly regional survey of service businesses.

An alternative U.S. core-inflation measure that trims unusually large price changes from PCE price data.

This is a public holiday marking the Democratic Republic of the Congo's independence from Belgium on 30 June 1960. It is not an economic data release.

This measures the share of Denmark’s labour force that is registered as unemployed. It is a monthly indicator of labour-market slack based on administrative registrations.

Public remarks by the President of Germany’s central bank can provide context on inflation, the economy and euro-area monetary policy.

Trading with a framework of rules but leaving the final judgement to the trader.

A Bank of England business-survey measure of the UK CPI inflation rate firms expect one year ahead.

Dovish describes a central bank stance that leans towards looser policy: lower interest rates, continued stimulus, and greater concern for growth and employment than for inflation. Dovish language typically weakens the currency, since lower expected returns make it less attractive to hold, and it often supports equities and gold at the same time.

Drawdown is the fall from an account's peak value to its subsequent low, expressed in money or as a percentage. It measures the pain of a losing run rather than the final result. A 20% drawdown needs a 25% gain to recover, and the deeper it goes the harder recovery becomes, which is why controlling drawdown matters more than chasing returns.

A monthly U.S. measure of new orders for long-lasting manufactured goods that excludes transportation equipment.