Here's an overview of the topics and charts covered in the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report. Also be sure to check out...

Here's a brief preview of the topics and charts covered in the latest edition of the Weekly Macro Themes report. Also check out the 2018...

One of my favorite things to do is discover and utilize somewhat obscure, new, misunderstood, or underutilized datasets. Or indeed, to...

The global GDP weighted consumer sentiment index dipped slightly in September, but stayed within its upward trend, and continued its...

There was a striking figure in the latest Conference Board US consumer confidence data - the headlines were all about the decrease on the...

This chart makes use of the Thomson Reuters Ipsos consumer sentiment indexes, which I have aggregated into a GDP weighted global...

Something curious is going on with Chinese retail sales. In contrast to the official consumer confidence index, which has been booming -...

There is a little-watched and relatively obscure set of indicators produced by Thomson Reuters and Ipsos, called the primary consumer...

The November readings of the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos Consumer Sentiment indexes revealed a picture of solid consumer confidence at a global...

The September readings of the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment surveys showed the GDP weighted global composite rebounding firmly to new highs -...

Here's a quick update on the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment Indexes through August. The main high-level takeaways were that the composite EM...

The latest round of flash manufacturing PMIs saw the "global composite" that we put together fall -0.40 to 53.8 which places it down...

We decided to take a closer look at a seldom talked about indicator, the Ipsos Consumer Sentiment indexes (available exclusively through...