The US Recovery Tracker is back within reach of its pre-Covid baseline, rising 0.4ppts to 99.8 in the week ended March 4 – its highest level since...
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US | Supply chain stress is poised to intensify
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Mar 7, 2022
US supply chain stress tracker brought bad news in February. Inflation took up the baton from transportation and now represents the most stressed...
US | As Omicron fades, Recovery Tracker gains
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Mar 4, 2022
The US Recovery Tracker rose 1.3ppts to 98.4 in the week ended February 18, its highest level in two months as the spread of the Omicron variant...
US | Recovery Tracker regains footing as Omicron fades
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Feb 18, 2022
The US Recovery Tracker rose 1.4ppts to 96.3 in the week ended February 4, recouping almost all of its losses since Omicron first began to weigh on...
US | Midwest and South in the vanguard of spiking US inflation
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Feb 11, 2022
The Midwest and South are leading the surge in inflation nationally. While US CPI inflation averaged 6.7% y/y in Q4 2021, regional prices were up...
US | Supply chains started the new year under duress
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Feb 4, 2022
Our US supply-chain stress tracker suggests 2022 commenced with continuing pressures. Transportation channels remained strained in January, and...
US | Recovery Tracker can’t shake the January chills
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Feb 3, 2022
The US Recovery Tracker dropped 2.2ppts in the week ended January 21, falling to 97.8 as Omicron and dramatic financial market volatility brought the...
North America | US and Canada housing affordability edged down in Q3
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Jan 21, 2022
Our updated Housing Affordability Indices (HAIs) show affordability declined in Q3 2021 at the national level in the US and Canada as income gains...
US | Recovery Tracker hobbles into 2022
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Jan 20, 2022
The US Recovery Tracker fell 0.7ppts to 97.1 in the first week of January, down for a fourth straight week. With the holiday season drag now largely...
US | Supply chain remained strained at year end
Posted by Oren Klachkin on Jan 10, 2022
Our US supply-chain stress tracker offers some encouraging news to kick off the new year. Pressures on the inventory front diminished in December,...