+0.49

A weekly index of global economic momentum: the GDP-weighted average of the Weekly Economic Pulses of 15 economies, rescaled to the same scale (0 = average growth, +1 = one standard deviation faster).

In the week of 19 Oct 2026 the World Pulse was +0.49, above-average momentum, +0.15 over four weeks and +0.59 over thirteen. It is higher than 76% of weekly readings since 2007 (2020–2021 excluded).

In the week of 19 Oct 2026: Supported by United States (+0.30) and Euro area (+0.17). Biggest move over four weeks: Euro area (+0.10). 12 of 15 economies are growing faster than their average. Contributions are in standard deviations and add up to the World Pulse.

15 economies with a published weekly Pulse, 48% of world GDP in current US dollars; the United States carries 55% of the weight. China, Japan and India have no weekly Pulse yet, so the World Pulse leans towards advanced economies and is not a full global measure.

By GDP in current US dollars (latest year), the same weights as the daily World GDP nowcast, renormalised over the covered economies. An economy whose data for the latest week are not in yet carries its previous reading for up to two weeks; such weeks are shown as provisional until most of the covered GDP has a firm reading.

No. It is a gauge of momentum from weekly data, not an estimate of GDP. For world GDP, see the daily World GDP nowcast on worldgdp.org, which covers far more economies.

Weekly, every Friday morning (UTC), after the economy Pulses. It is revised whenever an economy's Pulse is revised.