by sslifer | Feb 13, 2025 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
February 13, 2025 The Producer Price Index for final 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 for final demand rose 0.4% in...
by sslifer | Feb 12, 2025 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
February 12, 2025 The CPI rose 0.5% in January after rising 0.4% in December, and 0.3% in November. The year-over-year increase is 3.0%. We now expect the overall CPI to increase 3.4% in 2025. The January increase was larger-than-expected. Part of the sizeable...
by sslifer | Feb 11, 2025 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
February 11, 2025 . Small business optimism declined 2.3 points in January to 102.8 after rising 3.4 points in December and having jumped 8.0 points in November. The level is finally above the 40-year average so-called breakeven point for this series which is 98.0....
by sslifer | Feb 7, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
February 7, 2025 Payroll employment climbed by 143 thousand in January after having risen by 307 thousand in December and 261 thousand in November. The December gain was revised upwards by 51 thousand while November was revised upwards by 49 thousand. In the past...
by sslifer | Feb 7, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
February 7, 2025 Private sector employment climbed by 111 thousand in January after having risen by 273 thousand in December and 244 thousand in November. In the past three months the average increase has been 209 thousand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said,...
by sslifer | Feb 7, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
February 7, 2025 The unemployment rate declined 0.1% in January to 4.0% after declining 0.1% in December. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that after adjustment for revision to population, civilian employment rose 234 thousand in January. This compares to an...
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