by sslifer | Apr 11, 2025 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
April 11, 2025 The preliminary estimate of consumer sentiment for April fell 6.2 points to 50.8 after having declined 10.7 points in March and 3.4 points in February. This is the fourth consecutive decline in sentiment. The January level is the lowest since June...
by sslifer | Apr 11, 2025 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
April 11, 2025 The Producer Price Index for final demand includes producer prices for goods, as well as prices for construction, services, government purchases, and exports and covers over 75% of domestic production. Producer prices for final demand declined 0.4% in...
by sslifer | Apr 10, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 10, 2025 Initial unemployment claims rose 4 thousand in the week ending April 5 to 223 thousand after declining 6 thousand in the previous week. There is no evidence that the labor market has been affected by layoffs thus far. However, we know that some...
by sslifer | Apr 10, 2025 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
March 12, 2025 The CPI declined 0.1% in March after having risen 0.2% in February after jumping 0.5% in January. This is the first decline in the overall CPI since 2020. The year-over-year increase is 2.4%. We now expect the overall CPI to increase 3.2% in 2025....
by sslifer | Apr 8, 2025 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
April 8, 2025 . Small business optimism declined 3.3 points in March to 97.4 after falling 2.1 points in February to 100.7 after having declined 2.3 points in January. The media focus seems to be on the fact that the index has declined in each of the past three...
by sslifer | Apr 7, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 7, 2025 Payroll employment climbed by 228 thousand in March after gaining 117 thousand in February and 111 thousand in January. The job gain far exceeded market expectations which were for an increase of 135 thousand. In addition to hiring workers employers can...
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