It’s Official: Global Economy Back In Contraction For First Time Since 2012 According To Goldman
After spending the past year deteriorating with each passing month, as global acceleration dipped decidedly in the negative camp, the only thing that kept the Goldman Global Leading Indicator “swirlogram” somewhat buoyant was that “Growth” measured in absolute terms had remained slightly positive. Not any more: according to Goldman’s latest global economic read, the world is now officially in contraction, following a sharp plunge in both acceleration and growth in February.
As the far simpler 2-D chart below shows, the Goldman GLI mometum indicator is now below 0 for the first time since 2012. It also shows what the momentum of the Global Leading Indicator looks like compared to Global industrial production, which is sure to follow below the X-axis in the coming weeks.
What is causing it? Pretty much everything except Initial Claims in the US (which are great for everyone, except the shale states – expect the weakness seen there to spread everywhere in the coming months).
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