by sslifer | Aug 15, 2019 | Industrial Production, NumberNomics Notes
August 15, 2019 Industrial production declined 0.2% in July after having risen 0.2% in both May and June. During the past year industrial production has risen 0.5%, but one year ago it was climbing at a 3.9% pace. Breaking industrial production down into its three...
by sslifer | Aug 15, 2019 | NumberNomics Notes, Productivity
August 15, 2019 Non-farm productivity climbed 2.3% in the second quarter after having jumped 3.5% in the first quarter. During the course of the past year productivity has risen 1.8%. The 2.3% increase in the second quarter consists of a 1.9% increase in output...
by sslifer | Aug 15, 2019 | NumberNomics Notes, Productivity
August 15, 2019 Unit labor costs might be a term that is not familiar to you. Unit labor costs represent the increase in compensation adjusted for the gains in productivity. You might think that if labor costs are rising that would put upward pressure on...
by sslifer | Aug 15, 2019 | NumberNomics Notes, Productivity
August 15, 2019 The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that hourly compensation rose 4.7% in the second quarter after having surged 8.9% in the first quarter. This means that over the past year hourly compensation has climbed by a solid 4.3%. That is the largest...
by sslifer | Aug 15, 2019 | NumberNomics Notes, Retail Sales
August 15, 2019 Retail sales rose 0.7 in July after having risen 0.3% in June and 0.5% in May.. While relatively soft late last year and in the first two months of 2019, sales are coming on strong. During the past year retail sales have risen a solid 3.4%. but in...
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