Market Data

Phuket – November 12, 2026 -- Thailand's wellness economy reached $46.5 billion in 2025, with wellness real estate surging 66.7% to $1.2 billion, according to new Global Wellness Institute (GWI) data released at the 20th anniversary Global Wellness Summit in Phuket.

Overall growth slowed to 8.8% in 2025, from 11.6% in 2024, 16.9% in 2023 and 15.3% in 2022. GWI attributes the earlier double-digit rates to post-pandemic recovery after declines in 2020 and 2021. Thailand now ranks as the world's 26th largest wellness economy and the ninth largest in Asia-Pacific.

Wellness real estate becomes Thailand's fastest-growing wellness sector

The 66.7% expansion between 2024 and 2025 ranks first in Asia-Pacific and 11th globally for wellness real estate growth. GWI links the surge to wellness features moving into residential communities, hospitality developments and the built environment.

Seattle – November 12, 2026 -- The median U.S. home-sale price fell 0.9% year over year to $388,613 in the four weeks ending Nov. 8, the fourth consecutive weekly decline after three years of increases, according to Redfin.

Monthly mortgage payment drops to a six-week low of $2,755

The median monthly mortgage payment, seasonally adjusted, was $2,755 at a weekly average mortgage rate of 7.18%. That compares with $2,820 a month earlier. Falling prices and slightly lower rates are both easing the cost of buying.

Pending sales stay flat at the lowest level since 2021

Pending home sales slipped 0.1% from a week earlier and remain at the lowest level in Redfin's records dating back to 2021. Redfin said dipping mortgage rates likely prevented a bigger decline.

Daily average rates fell to a six-week low of 7.17% last week. They have since ticked back up after a hot inflation report.

Wiesbaden – November 04, 2026 -- Germany had 1.9 million people in management positions in 2025, equal to 4.4% of all employed persons, or one in 23 workers, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), which used Eurostat data. The share was marginally higher a decade earlier, at 4.5% in 2015.

Destatis counts managing directors of small companies, managing directors or division heads at large companies, and senior administrative roles. These fall under ISCO major group 1 of the International Standard Classification of Occupations.

Hospitality leads sector ranking with 11.5% managers, healthcare trails at 1.8%

Hospitality recorded the highest share of managers at 11.5%. Destatis attributes this to the sector's many small businesses, which means fewer employees per manager.

West Lafayette – November 03, 2026 -- The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer rose to 126 in October from 123 in September, as the Index of Current Conditions gained 16 points and the Farm Capital Investment Index climbed from 39 to 55, its strongest reading in nearly a year.

The Index of Future Expectations fell 2 points, with high input costs remaining producers' biggest concern. The survey of 400 U.S. farmers ran Oct. 12-16.

Farm financial and investment indexes improve, but large purchases stay on hold

The Farm Financial Performance Index rose from 90 to 94. Only 20% of respondents said now is a good time to invest in machinery and buildings, so most producers still hesitate on large outlays.

The improvement coincided with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's distribution of Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage payments. The survey did not ask respondents about the effect of those payments.

Frankfurt – October 31, 2026 -- Orders at German machine tool makers rose 12% year on year in the second quarter of 2026, following a 15% gain in the first quarter and bringing the first-half increase to 14%, according to the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association). Domestic orders climbed 16% and foreign orders 13%.

Bernhard Geis, head of economics and statistics at the VDW, said the trough is behind the industry and the upward trend is consolidating. He cautioned against an all-clear, however. The recovery starts from a low base, and project business still contributes substantially to growth, so a broad-based demand recovery can only be claimed to a limited extent.

United States – October 23, 2026 -- Nielsen's The Gauge now reports a quarterly Ad Supported Gauge for Q1 2026, measuring the share of U.S. TV viewing that is ad supported across total day among Persons 2+, alongside its monthly platform and distributor breakdowns.

Nielsen splits ad-supported TV viewing by category for Q1 2026

The quarterly view contains two components: the Ad Supported Share of TV and the Category Share of Ad Supported TV. Both cover Q1 2026 on a total-day basis for Persons 2+. The monthly Gauge separately tracks viewing by platform and by media distributor.

Two separately weighted panels feed the data

Nielsen builds the Gauge from two panels. Streaming data comes from a subset of Streaming Meter-enabled TV households within the National TV panel. Broadcast, cable and total usage come from Nielsen's overall TV panel.

Medellín – October 15, 2026 -- Medellín welcomed 1.2 million foreign tourists in 2025, and the tourism sector generated an economic impact of five trillion pesos ($1.552 billion), according to the city's Department of Tourism and Entertainment.

The department says international arrivals to Colombia's second-largest tourism hub, behind only Bogotá, are growing at nearly 10% annually.

U.S. travelers make up 33% of foreign visitors to Medellín

Mexico, Ecuador, Spain, Peru and Panama follow the United States among the main source countries. Foreign tourists stay four to six nights and spend an average of about 210,000 pesos (around $66) per night, mainly on gastronomy, culture, shopping and wellness.

The true visitor count is believed to be higher than arrivals at José María Córdova International Airport. Many tourists enter Colombia through Bogotá or Cartagena de Indias and then travel inland to Medellín.

Irvine, Calif. – September 14, 2026 -- U.S. consumers received just under 3.9 billion robocalls in August 2026, a 10% drop from July and the lowest monthly total since October 2025, according to the YouMail Robocall Index.

August volume falls to 125.4 million calls per day, reversing a year-long upward trend

Daily robocall averages dropped to 125.4 million calls, or 1,451 calls per second, down from July's 139.3 million calls per day and 1,612 calls per second. The decline pulls August volumes back to levels last seen in January and February, breaking the upward trajectory that had persisted through most of 2026.