NY Services Activity Contraction Eases in April in World Economy News 17/04/2026 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s general business activity index, which tracks economic activity in New York State as well as parts of New Jersey and Connecticut, rose nine points to -14 in April 2026. Twenty-four percent of respondents reported that conditions improved over the month while 38 percent said that conditions worsened. The business climate index ticked down three points to -49.3, suggesting the business climate remained much worse than normal. Employment edged slightly lower and supply availability worsened significantly. The pace of input price increases accelerated sharply, while selling price increases picked up modestly. Looking ahead, firms expect little improvement in the next six months. Source: Trading Economics 2026-04-17 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share