by sslifer | Sep 16, 2020 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
September 16, 2020 Homebuilder confidence climbed 5 points in September to a record high level of 83 after having risen 6 points in August, 14 points in July, 21 points in June and 7 points in May, after having plunged by 42 points in April which was the biggest...
by sslifer | Sep 16, 2020 | NumberNomics Notes, Retail Sales
September 16, 2020 Retail sales climbed by 0.7% in August after having risen 0.9% in July, 8.6% in June, and having surged by 18.3% in May, but after having plunged 14.7% in April and 8.2% in March. What is truly amazing is that the level of sales has not only...
by sslifer | Sep 15, 2020 | Industrial Production, NumberNomics Notes
September 15, 2020 Industrial production rose 0.4% in August which was less than expected, but there were significant upward revisions in the previous two months, July revised upwards from an increase of 3.0% itp 3/5%. June revised higher from 5.7% to 6.1%. As...
by sslifer | Sep 11, 2020 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
September ll, 2020 . The CPI rose 0.4% in August after climbing 0.6% in both June and July, but having declined 0.1% in May, 0..8% in April, and 0.4% in March. The CPI excluding the volatile food and energy prices rose 0.4% in August after gaining 0.6% in July and...
by sslifer | Sep 10, 2020 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
September 10, 2020 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...
by sslifer | Sep 10, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 10, 2020 .Initial unemployment claims for the week of September 5 was unchanged at 884 thousand after having decline 127 thousand and 93 thousand in the two previous weeks. Claims have fallen steadily since reaching a peak of 6,867 thousand in the week...
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