MANUFACTURING OUTLOOK
The month of April saw an increase in car sales, yearover-year, in China, of 4.4 percent, and this following 21 consecutive months of sales downturns. The same month saw an 80 percent year-over-year drop in car sales in Western Europe and the UK.
necessarily good to the present day, but are mostly applicable to at latest the past two months, and show definite trends in the world economy. The figures are qualified as being the latest available, and with reference to a given quarter or month. The figures for GDP represent the % change on the previous quarter, annual rate. The consumer price increases represent year-over-year changes. The unemployment figures, %, are for the month as noted.
THE ECONOMIST magazine, in its latest weekly report on world economies, highlights changes in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Prices and Unemployment Rates for what it considers the world’s major economies. These data are not
Manufacturing Outlook / June 2020
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