Eco Week Ahead

Shockwave of War Is Rippling Through the Global Economy

A semi truck driver refuels a truck with diesel fuel at a Pilot gas station in Eloy, Arizona, on March 18.

Photographer: Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg

The global economy’s first collective health check since war broke out in the Middle East will arrive in the form of business surveys from the US to the euro zone.

Every purchasing manager index for which Bloomberg collects estimates is anticipated to show a decline when initial numbers for March are released on Tuesday, according to the median forecast of economists.