by sslifer | Jul 9, 2026 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
July 9, 2026 . Existing home sales declined 2.4% in June to 4,090 thousand after having risen 3.7% in May. .Home sales have been floundering at about this same pace for the past two years. Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said that. “The back-and-forth in monthly...
by sslifer | Jul 9, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
July 9, 2026 Initial unemployment claims fell 2 thousand to 215 thousand in the week ending July 4 after having risen 1 thousand in the previous week. The number of people receiving unemployment benefits rose 8 thousand in the week ending June 27 to 1,814 thousand...
by sslifer | Jul 7, 2026 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
July 7, 2026 The trade deficit for May widened by $23.0 billion to $77.6 billion after having narrowed by $2.0 billion in April. The trade gap was much wider than had been expected as exports declined and imports rose sharply. It should significantly reduce second...
by sslifer | Jul 6, 2026 | NumberNomics Notes, Purchasing Managers Index
July 6, 2026 The Institute for Supply Management not only publishes an index of manufacturing activity each month, they publish two days later a survey of service sector firms. The business activity index for the service sector declined 2.3 points in June to 55.4...
by sslifer | Jul 2, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
July 2, 2026 . .Payroll employment rose by 57 thousand in June after climbing by 129 thousand in May and 148 thousand in April. In the past three months payroll employment has risen on average by 111 thousand per month .The labor market has strengthened somewhat in...
by sslifer | Jul 2, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
July 2, 2026 . Private sector employment rose by 49 thousand in June after climbing by 97 thousand in May and 150 thousand in April. In the past three months payroll employment has risen on average by 99 thousand per month .The labor market has strengthened...
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