by sslifer | Mar 4, 2026 | NumberNomics Notes, Purchasing Managers Index
March 4, 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 climbed 2.5 points in February .to...
by sslifer | Mar 2, 2026 | NumberNomics Notes, Purchasing Managers Index
March 2, 2026 The Institute for Supply Management’s index of conditions in the manufacturing sector declined 0.2 point in February to 52.4 after having jumped 4.7 points in January. The January and February levels are the first time this index has been above the...
by sslifer | Feb 27, 2026 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
February 27, 2026 Almost everything we buy these days is less affordable than it was prior to the 2020 recession. The prices of almost everything have risen more quickly than our income. Between the increase in mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices in the past...
by sslifer | Feb 27, 2026 | Housing, NumberNomics Notes
February 27, 2026 Construction spending (the green bars above) rose 0.3% in Decemver after declining 0.2% in November.. This indicator was essentially unchanged in 2025. In the past 12 months it has declined 0.4%. Private construction spending (excluding the...
by sslifer | Feb 27, 2026 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
February 27, 2026 . 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 0.5% in...
by sslifer | Feb 26, 2026 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
February 26, 2026 Initial unemployment claims rose 4 thousand to 212 thousand in the week ending February 21 after having declined 21 thousand in the previous week. The number of people receiving unemployment benefits declineed 31 thousand in the week ending February...
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