Across-the-board gains continue to mark this year’s results for global equity markets, based on a set of exchange-traded funds that track the world’s major regions and countries. At the top of the performance list so far in 2019: stocks in China, Latin America and Africa.
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Trump to meet with China’s top trade negotiator today: Bloomberg
Existing home sales in US fell to 3-year low in Jan: Reuters
Mortgage rates fall to 1-year low, suggesting possibility of housing rebound: MW
US core durable goods orders fell in December: CNBC
US jobless claims retreat, suggesting labor market remains strong: MW
Leading Economic Index for US ticked lower in Jan: CB
Philly Fed Index goes negative in Feb–first time in 3 years: MW
PMI survey data: US economic growth picked up in Feb: IHS Markit