Monthly Archives: April 2020

US GDP contracts by 4.8 percent in Q1, but the real damage won’t be seen until Q2 Erik Lundh, Senior Economist, The Conference Board US Real Gross Domestic Product contracted by -4.8 percent during the first quarter of 2020. This … Continue reading →

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Weakened Significantly in April New York, April 28, 2020…The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® deteriorated further in April, following a sharp decline in March. The Index now stands at 86.9 (1985=100), down from 118.8 … Continue reading →

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. Plummets in March Largest Decline in Index’s 60-Year History NEW YORK, April 17, 2020…The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the U.S. declined 6.7 percent in March to 104.2 … Continue reading →

Globally, Consumers Were Confident in Early 2020, But COVID-19 is Rapidly Eroding Confidence Depth of the Fall – and the Recovery from It – Will Vary By Country New York, April 16, 2020…In the months ahead, a series of cascading … Continue reading →

By Gad Levanon, Head of The Conference Board’s Labor Markets Institute Gad.Levanon@conference-board.org –About 22 million: That’s the total number of initial claims for unemployment in the past 4 weeks. The number of initial claims for unemployment in the week ending … Continue reading →

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