by sslifer | Apr 9, 2026 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
April 9, 2026 There are many different measures of inflation, but the one that the Federal Reserve considers to be most important is the personal consumption expenditures deflator, in particular the PCE deflator excluding the volatile food and energy components. The...
by sslifer | Apr 9, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 9, 2026 Initial unemployment claims rose 16 thousand to 219 thousand in the week ending April 4 after having declined 8 thousand in the previous week. The number of people receiving unemployment benefits fell 37 thousand in the week ending March 28 to 1,794...
by sslifer | Apr 7, 2026 | Industrial Production, NumberNomics Notes
April 7, 2026 Durable goods orders declined 1.4% in February after having fallen 0.5% in January. Durable goods orders have risen 7.3% in the past year. Much of the change in durables is frequently in the transportation sector — airplanes, cars, and trucks. ...
by sslifer | Apr 6, 2026 | NumberNomics Notes, Purchasing Managers Index
April 6, 2026 The Institute for Supply Management not only publishes an index of manufacturing activity each month, they publish two days later a survey of service sector firms. The business activity index for the service sector fell 6.0 points in March to 53.9 after...
by sslifer | Apr 3, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 3, 2026 . .Payroll employment surged by 178 thousand in March which was a far larger increase than had been expected. However, it follows a presumably weather-related drop of 133 thousand in February and hiring simply rebounded in March. In the past three...
by sslifer | Apr 3, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
April 3, 2026 . Private sector employment surged by 186 thousand in March which was a far larger increase than had been expected. However, it follows a presumably weather-related drop of 129 thousand in February and hiring simply rebounded in March. In the past...
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