by sslifer | Jul 7, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
July 7, 2020 The Labor Department reported that job openings rose 8.0% in May to 5,397 thousand after having declined 16.9% in April and 14.2% in March. As the economic expansion, which began in May, gathers momentum the number of job openings will rise gradually...
by sslifer | Jul 6, 2020 | NumberNomics Notes, Purchasing Managers Index
July 6, 2020 The Institute for Supply Management not only publishes an index of manufacturing activity each month, they publish two days later a survey of non-manufacturing firms — which largely consists of services. The business activity index rose 25 points in...
by sslifer | Jul 3, 2020 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
July 3, 2020 Once the March and April data began to unfold it was clear that the economy had fallen into a deep recession. Who would have thought that by May the economy would be rebounding vigorously and that the recession would be over? But yet that is exactly...
by sslifer | Jul 2, 2020 | NumberNomics Notes, Retail Sales
July 2, 2020 Unit car and truck sales rose 5.7% in June to 13.046 million after have surged by 41.8% in May. But those gains only partially offset the stunning declines of 32.0% in March and 23.6% in April. Car sales in February — before the pandemic shutdown...
by sslifer | Jul 2, 2020 | Forecasts, NumberNomics Notes
July 2, 2020 The government’s response to the corona virus stopped the economy dead in its tracks. It started to fall precipitously in March and then collapsed in April. However, it began to turn upwards in May and the rebound gathered momentum in...
by sslifer | Jul 2, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
July 2, 2020 Private sector employment rose 4,767 in June after having climbed by 3,232 thousand in May after having plunged by 19,835 jobs in April and 1,335 thousand in March. Given the sharp drop in employment beginning in March and continuing into April, the...
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