By contrast, the VIX, which measures expected volatility for America’s S&P 500 index of stocks and is often used as a measure of overall market sentiment, has so far spent October at roughly its
A fourth crucial measure of economic stability is the balance of payments, which reflects the difference between the total value of transactions between a country and the rest of the world. A We survey the literature on the relationship between macroeconomic stability and inclusive growth and identify gaps in our knowledge. We examine the role of macroeconomic policies (fiscal, monetary, macroprudential, and exchange rate) and measures of inclusiveness (income inequality, consumption inequality, wealth inequality, poverty, and unemployment) across countries at different income levels.
Indicators. The Fragile States Index is based on a conflict assessment framework – known as “CAST” – that was developed by FFP nearly a quarter-century ago for assessing the vulnerability of states to collapse. The CAST framework was originally designed to measure this vulnerability and assess how it might affect projects in the field
Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a widely used indicator, refers to the total gross value added by all resident producers in the economy. Growth in the economy is measured by the change in GDP at constant price. Many WDI indicators use GDP or GDP per capita as a denominator to enable cross-country comparisons of socioeconomic and other data. The combination of political stability, social contract and stable growth has resulted in one of the lowest poverty rates in Latin America and the Caribbean, where the proportion of the population living below the World Bank’s upper middle-income line (US$6.85 per person per day in 2017 Purchasing Power Parity - PPP) decreased from 15.6 to 13
On an index level, the S&P 500 generates 29% of revenues outside of the US, and estimates show that a 10% appreciation in the dollar reduces index level earnings by roughly 2.5%. 1 This helps to explain why a rise in the dollar can trigger a corresponding decline in equities (and other so-called “risk assets”). And since oil and many other
The Country Tracker below shows current account imbalances on a country-by-country basis. Shades of red indicate deficits; shades of blue, surpluses. Hover your mouse over (or tap on) a country to
The rupiah closed down at a (bid) level of Rp14,385 per US dollar. Benchmark 10-year SBN yield increased to a level of 6.53%. DXY [1] strengthened to a level of 97.79. 10-year US Treasury (UST) Note [2] yield increased to a level of 1.841%. Friday Morning, 4th March 2022. The rupiah opened at a (bid) level of Rp14,370 per US dollar. W8IXiZ.
