A–Z of economic indicators

A monthly Australian business-sentiment indicator from NAB's Monthly Business Survey, reported as a net balance of firms' views.

A monthly gauge of U.S. homebuilder confidence in the newly built single-family housing market.

A monthly, lender-based measure of changes in UK residential property prices.

A monthly, lender-based measure of UK house-price change, with annual and monthly growth readings.

A monthly official survey of whether conditions in China’s manufacturing sector are improving or worsening.

A monthly official survey indicator of business conditions across China’s services and construction sectors.

A quarterly measure of how changes in exports and imports affected economic growth.

A year-on-year measure of new car sales or registrations, used as a read on consumer demand and economic activity.

A monthly U.S. measure of sales of newly built single-family homes.

A monthly U.S. housing indicator covering sales of newly built single-family homes.

The US trading session, roughly 13:00–21:00 UK time, containing most major US data releases.

This is an auction of short-term New Zealand government debt that matures in about one year. The auction yield shows how much investors require to lend to the New Zealand Crown for that maturity.

This is an auction of short-term New Zealand government debt that matures in about three months. Investors bid for the bills, and the resulting yield shows the price the government pays to borrow over that short period.

This is an auction where New Zealand sells short-term Treasury bills with an around six-month maturity. The result shows the yield investors accepted and how much demand there was for the bill issue.

A monthly indicator of credit and charge card billings, with the year-on-year figure showing the change from the same month a year earlier.

A quarterly measure of how New Zealand employment changes from one quarter to the next, published as part of Stats NZ labour market statistics.

The New Zealand Labour Cost Index is a quarterly wage-inflation indicator from Stats NZ that tracks changes in salary and wage rates for a fixed quantity and quality of labour.

News trading is market activity based on the expected or actual impact of economic, political or financial news.

A monthly survey-based gauge of confidence and operating expectations among US small-business owners.

A quarterly measure of how Nigeria's real economic output compares with the same quarter a year earlier.

Non-Farm Payrolls reports the change in US employment excluding farm workers, published on the first Friday of most months. It arrives alongside the unemployment rate and average hourly earnings, and is the single most watched labour release in the world. Surprises move the US dollar, gold and equity indices sharply within seconds of publication.

A monthly estimate of the change in U.S. employment on nonfarm payrolls.

The Norges Bank Interest Rate Decision announces whether Norway’s central bank has changed or held its policy rate.

A measure of North Macedonia’s net current transactions with the rest of the world.

A quarterly measure of the year-on-year change in North Macedonia’s real economic output.

A monthly measure of changes in the volume of industrial output in North Macedonia.

This event reports the National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia's decision on its key monetary policy rate. The decision affects borrowing conditions in Macedonian denar markets and signals the central bank's view on inflation and financial stability.

This measures how producer prices in North Macedonia have changed compared with the same month a year earlier. It shows price pressure faced by producers before goods and services reach consumers.

A monthly measure of consumer-price inflation in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

A monthly measure of changes in consumer prices in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state.

An auction of Norway's government bond maturing in May 2039, managed through Norges Bank's government debt operations.

12-month change in Norway's core inflation measure, CPI-ATE (adjusted for tax changes, excluding energy), published by Statistics Norway.

Twelve-month growth in Norway's domestic credit indicator C2, published by Statistics Norway.

A scheduled sale of Norwegian government bonds that provides information about government-debt demand and market borrowing yields.

Month-end amount of Norway's M3 money supply, in NOK billion, published by Statistics Norway.

A quarterly measure of growth in Norway's mainland economy, expressed as the change from the previous quarter.

Norway manufacturing production index (Statistics Norway) — monthly change

Monthly change in the seasonally adjusted volume of Norwegian retail trade, including petrol stations.

A monthly New York Fed survey that tracks manufacturing conditions in New York State, with the headline general business conditions index used as an early signal of U.S. factory-sector momentum.