by sslifer | Aug 11, 2026 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
August 11, 2026 . Small business optimism rose 2.4 points in July to 99.8 after having risen 2.1 points in June to 97.4 after declining 0.6 point in May. The index level is just a shade below its 40-year average rate of 98.0 which is regarded as the breakeven point...
by sslifer | Aug 4, 2026 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
August 4, 2026 The trade deficit for June narrowed by $4.4 billion in June to $73.3 billion after having widened by $23.1 billion in May . The trade gap was much wider than had been expected in May and remained wide in June, It reduced second quarter GDP growth by...
by sslifer | Jun 25, 2026 | Miscellaneous
June 25, 2026 Corporate profits from current production (corporate profits before tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments) rose $74 billion in the first quarter which works out to a 1.7% annual rate after rising at a 6.0% pace in the fourth...
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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