by sslifer | Mar 14, 2025 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
March 14, 2025 The preliminary estimate of consumer sentiment for March fell 9.8 points to 57.0 after having declined 3,4 points in February and 2.9 points in January. The January level is the lowest since November 2022. Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu said,...
by sslifer | Mar 13, 2025 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
March 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 was unchanged in...
by sslifer | Mar 12, 2025 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
March 12, 2025 The CPI rose 0.2% in February after jumping 0.5% in January and 0.4% in December. The year-over-year increase is 2.8%. We now expect the overall CPI to increase 3.2% in 2025. Food prices rose 0.2% in February after climbing 0.4% in January and 0.3% in...
by sslifer | Mar 11, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
March 11, 2025 The Labor Department reported that job openings rose 232 thousand in January to 7,740 thousand after having declined 523 thousand in December and having risen 416 thousand in November. The pace of economic activity has remained relatively solid while...
by sslifer | Mar 11, 2025 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
March 11, 2025 . Small business optimism declined 2.1 points in February to 100.7 after having declined 2.3 points in January. The media focus seems to be on the fact that the index has declined in each of the past two months. That is true, But the index level also...
by sslifer | Mar 7, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
March 7, 2025 Payroll employment climbed by 151 thousand in February after having climbed by 125 thousand in January and 323 thousand in December. The job gain was roughly in line with expectations, but the quality of the jobs has deteriorated. Many of those jobs...
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