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Market Summary and macro indicators

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The Market Summary is your morning page: a quick look at the whole market before you open a single chart. It is on the Home tab of the mobile app and on the home page of the website, and it is free.

What you will find

  • Crypto: total market value, Bitcoin dominance, and the biggest gainers and losers
  • US stocks: gainers and losers, the most traded and the most volatile shares
  • Major indices, energy and metals futures, forex performance and the US dollar index
  • Rates and inflation: the US 10-year yield, the Fed's interest rate and the annual inflation rate
  • Market news, new exchange listings, the IPO calendar and stock splits
  • The latest ideas and scripts from the community

Macro indicators

The macro section follows the US economic data that moves every market:

  • Inflation: CPI, core CPI, the PCE price index and core PCE
  • Jobs: nonfarm payrolls, initial jobless claims and the participation rate
  • Growth: nominal and real GDP and the GDPNow estimate
  • Housing: housing starts, building permits, the home price index and 30-year mortgage rates
  • Activity: industrial production, capacity utilisation, retail sales, consumer spending and consumer sentiment
  • Liquidity: the Fed's net liquidity and its balance sheet
  • Yield curves: 10-year minus 2-year and 10-year minus 3-month

Each indicator shows its latest value and change, and opens as a chart so you can see its history.

The Fed

The Fed section shows the current interest-rate range, the date of the next meeting and where the Fed's own projections put rates at the end of the year. After a decision, the new range appears on the same day.

Economic calendar

Each indicator also shows when the next figure is due, so you know which days may bring sharp moves.

Crypto indices on the chart

TOTAL, the dominance indices and other crypto indices can be opened as charts, added to your watchlist and analysed with every drawing tool and indicator.

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