Economic & Analysis News

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Schwab Trading Activity Index™ (STAX) increased to 59.80 in July, up slightly from its score of 59.12 in June. The only index of its kind, the STAX is a proprietary, behavior-based index that analyzes retail investor stock positions and trading activity from Schwab’s millions of client accounts to illuminate what investors were actually doing and how they were positioned in the markets each month. “While major indices posted strong gains in July, those gain...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corporate pension funding at highest level in more than 25 years. See the Milliman results....

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cotality™, a leader in property information, analytics, and data‑enabled solutions, today released its Home Price Index™ with June 2026 data. Home price growth increased by 1.2% year-over-year and 0.3% month-over-month. June data show a housing market that is no longer moving in one direction. Beneath the modest national gain, large metros are splitting into three groups: resilient Northeast and Midwest markets, still-cooling Sun Belt markets, and a growing set...

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Latinia, a provider of decision-centric technologies for financial institutions, today released a new industry perspective examining what it describes as a growing disconnect between traditional customer engagement technologies and the operational realities of modern banking. For more than a decade, financial institutions have invested heavily in customer relationship management, marketing automation and customer journey technologies to improve digital engagem...

PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bristol Myers Squibb Advances U.S. Manufacturing Investment with New $2.3 Billion Campus in Houston, Texas...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA releases research on recent academic and media commentary regarding the growth of private credit, private equity (PE) ownership of life insurers, the use of private letter ratings (PLR), and the role of state guaranty funds in protecting policyholders. These are legitimate areas for regulatory and market focus. However, the assertion that PE firms categorically use insurers as vehicles for risky private credit origination, excessive fee generation, and unbalanced...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--U.S. industrial vacancy is expected to rise slightly through early 2027 before making a gradual descent, according to a revised forecast from CoStar, the leading global provider of online real estate marketplaces, information and analytics in the property markets. The national industrial vacancy rate remains in the mid-7% range entering the third quarter of 2026 and is expected to edge higher into 2027 before beginning a steady decline. This is a modest improvem...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saudi consumers demonstrate a strong preference for homegrown brands, with local and regional names accounting for 73% of all Consumer Reach Points (CRPs) among the country's top FMCG brands, according to the latest Brand Footprint 2026 report from Worldpanel by Numerator. The annual ranking measures the brands consumers choose most often by tracking Consumer Reach Points (CRPs) – a metric combining household penetration, population and purchase frequency...

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New analysis shows that blocking Plymouth Twp. data center will cost $424 million in lost tax revenue and 15,000 high-paying construction jobs...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--All four major diamond categories posted flat or positive figures in July, the first such month since March 2025. The Rapaport Trade Diamond Index (RAPI™) for 1-carat diamonds was stable, ending 13 straight months of declines – a sign of stabilization that the July Rapaport Intelligence Report detailed. RAPI rose 1.6% for 0.30-carat diamonds. The index for 0.50-carat diamonds increased 1.8%, its best month since March 2025. Smalls continued to see an upward correction...