The Coincident Barometer decreases for the second consecutive month and returns to the level of September 2024. The fall in the Leading Barometer keeps the indicator generally slightly above 100 points, a tendency that has been observed since May 2024. However, the recent escalation in the trade tensions is not reflected in the data.
In April, the Coincident and the Leading Global Barometers decrease 1.5 points and 1.7 points to 92.3 and 101.9 points, respectively. In both cases, the fall is mainly driven by the Western Hemisphere indicators. Europe is a distant second. In contrast, the contribution of the Asia, Pacific & Africa region to the variation in the global indicators is almost null this month.