by sslifer | Nov 15, 2019 | Industrial Production, NumberNomics Notes
November 15, 2019 Industrial production plunged 0.8% in October after having fallen 0.3% in September after having jumped 0.7% in August. However, a large part of the declines in both September and October were attributable to the General Motors strike which...
by sslifer | Nov 15, 2019 | NumberNomics Notes, Retail Sales
November 15, 2019 Retail sales rose 0.3% in October after having fallen 0.3% in September. But that follows gains of 0.4% in April, 0.5% in May, 0.4% in June, 0.7% in July and 0.6% in August.. Any way you slice it, consumer spending remains solid. During the past...
by sslifer | Nov 14, 2019 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
November 14, 2019 The Producer Price Index for final demand – intermediate 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...
by sslifer | Nov 14, 2019 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
November 14, 2019 Initial unemployment claims rose 14 thousand in the week ending November 9 to 225 thousand. The four-week average of claims rose 2 thousand to 217 thousand. The 4-week average for the week of April 13 of 202 thousand was the lowest for the current...
by sslifer | Nov 13, 2019 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
November 13, 2019 The CPI jumped 0.4% in October after having been unchanged in September. During the past year the CPI has risen 1.8%. Food prices fell 0.2% in October after having risen 0.5% in September. Food prices have risen 2.0% in the past twelve months. ...
by sslifer | Nov 12, 2019 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
November 12, 2019 .Small business optimism rose 0.6 point in October to 102.4 after having fallen 1.5 points in September. The August 2018 level of 108.8 broke the previous record high level of 108.0 set 35 years ago back in July 1983. The current level of...
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