by sslifer | Oct 9, 2019 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
October 9, 2019 The stock market has been volatile throughout 2019. Many economists worry about slower growth overseas particularly in China which is the world’s second largest economy. They also note considerable weakness in the U.S. manufacturing sector...
by sslifer | Oct 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
October 8, 2019 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 4.0% from where it was at this time last year. When you try to figure out the impact of currency...
by sslifer | Oct 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
October 8, 2019 Corporate cash holdings rose $134 billion in the second quarter to $2.80 trillion (above). At 10.5% they are significantly higher than their long-run average of 9.8% of non-financial assets (below). The problem with this series is that every time the...
by sslifer | Oct 8, 2019 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
October 8, 2019 .Small business optimism fell 1.5 points in September to 101.8 after having declined 1.6 points in August. 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...
by sslifer | Oct 4, 2019 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
October 4, 2019 The trade deficit for August widened $0.9 billion to $54.9 billion. The $887 million trade deficit in goods for 2018 was a record high level. Trump’s latest round of tariffs on an additional $300 billion of consumer goods from China, the...
by sslifer | Aug 29, 2019 | Miscellaneous
August 29, 2019 Corporate profits before tax with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjustments jumped 5.3% in the second quarter after having fallen 3.8% in the first quarter. During the last year profits on this basis have risen 2.7%. The IVA and CC...
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