by sslifer | Apr 3, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 3, 2020 The average duration of unemployment plunged by 3.8 weeks in March from 20.9 weeks to 17.1. This is because the BLS reported that 3.5 million workers have now been unemployed “less than 5 weeks” compared to 2.0 million who were in that...
by sslifer | Apr 2, 2020 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
April 2, 2020 The trade deficit for February narrowed $5.5 billion to $39.9 billion after having narrowed by $3.1 billion in January. The $887 billion trade deficit in goods for 2018 was a record high level. It narrowed slightly to $866 billion in 2019. Increasing...
by sslifer | Apr 2, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 2, 2020 Initial unemployment claims for the week of March 28 surged to 6,648 thousand after having rise 3,307 thousand in the prior week.. That is the number of people who showed up at the unemployment office for the first time last week. It is a measure of...
by sslifer | Apr 1, 2020 | NumberNomics Notes, Retail Sales
April 1, 2020 Unit car and truck sales fell 32.1% in March to 11.372 million after having declined 1.0% in February. Clearly, the dramatic measures taken by the federal government and many state governors to halt the spread of the corona virus has stopped the...
by sslifer | Apr 1, 2020 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
April 1, 2020 . Construction spending (the green bars above) fell 1.3% in February after a substantial 2.8% increase in January. Over the past year it has climbed 6.0%. Not only is this a very volatile series with large swings from month to month, even the...
by sslifer | Apr 1, 2020 | NumberNomics Notes, Purchasing Managers Index
April 1, 2020, 2020 The Institute for Supply Management’s index of conditions in the manufacturing sector fell 1.0 point in March to 49.1 which was a smaller drop than had been anticipated. The Institute for Supply Management’ Chair for the Survey Committee...
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