by sslifer | Feb 19, 2026 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
February 19 2026 The trade deficit for December widened by $17.3 billion to $70.3 billion after widening by $24.3 billion in November. Exports fell by $5.0 or 1.7% in December to $287.3 billion after having declining 3.4% in November. In the past year exports have...
by sslifer | Feb 10, 2026 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
February 10,2026 . Small business optimism declined 0.2 point in January to 99.3 after having risen 0.5 point in December. The index level remains slightly above the 40-year average rate of 98.0 which is regarded as the breakeven point for this series. lNFIB Chief...
by sslifer | Jan 22, 2026 | Miscellaneous
January 22, 2026 Corporate profits from current production (corporate profits before tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) rose $176 billion in the third quarter which works out to an 19.1% annual rate after rising at a 0.7% pace in the...
by sslifer | Sep 12, 2023 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
September 12, 2023 Economists like to keep an eye on the amount of leverage amongst corporations. When corporations take on huge amounts of debt in relation to their net worth, any economic downturn will be much more severe than it would otherwise be as corporations...
by sslifer | Sep 12, 2023 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
September 12, 2023 Corporate cash holdings in the first half of 2020 as the government quarantine basically caused the economy to stop dead in its tracks. Firms needed to raise money wherever they could to keep them going until such time as the virus eased its grip...
by sslifer | Jun 9, 2022 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
June 9, 2022 The trade-weighted value of the dollar, which represents the value of the dollar against the currencies of a broad group of U.S. trading partners has risen 7.7% from where it was at this time last year and it is expected to continue to rise in value...
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