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 13, 2025 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
March 13, 2025 Initial unemployment claims declined 2 thousand in the week ending March 8 to 220 thousand after falling 20 thousand in the previous week. There is no evidence that the labor market has been affected by layoffs thus far. However, we know that some...
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 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
March 7, 2025 The chaotic nature of the Administration’s implementation of tariffs, immigration policy, and federal government layoffs is creating considerable uncertainty for consumers and business leaders. Thus far the economic damage has been minimal, but if it...
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