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Weekly Market Note
Week of April 13–17, 2026
This week’s round-up of economic releases and market insights.
No video walkthrough was recorded for this week — the full note is available below.
In summary
- March PPI came in well below forecasts at +0.5% M/M but accelerated to +4.02% Y/Y, the highest since February 2023.
- NFIB Small Business Optimism fell to 95.8 in March, the lowest since April 2025, as both the CapEx and Sales responses weakened.
- Industrial Production and Manufacturing Output both unexpectedly declined in March, missing forecasts for a +0.1% increase.
- Import and Export Prices slowed in March but still posted solid increases; High Tech Import Prices accelerated markedly on a Y/Y basis.
- Existing Home Sales missed forecasts in March, slowing to 3.98 million units as prices rose.