by sslifer | Sep 11, 2020 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
September ll, 2020 . The CPI rose 0.4% in August after climbing 0.6% in both June and July, but having declined 0.1% in May, 0..8% in April, and 0.4% in March. The CPI excluding the volatile food and energy prices rose 0.4% in August after gaining 0.6% in July and...
by sslifer | Sep 10, 2020 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
September 10, 2020 The Producer Price Index for final demand – intermediate 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...
by sslifer | Sep 10, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 10, 2020 .Initial unemployment claims for the week of September 5 was unchanged at 884 thousand after having decline 127 thousand and 93 thousand in the two previous weeks. Claims have fallen steadily since reaching a peak of 6,867 thousand in the week...
by sslifer | Sep 9, 2020 | Employment, NumberNomics Notes
September 9, 2020 The Labor Department reported that job openings rose 10.3% in July to 6,619 thousand after climbing 11.7% in June and 7.5% in May, but after having declined 16.9% in April and 14.2% in March. As the economic expansion gathers momentum the number...
by sslifer | Sep 9, 2020 | Inflation, NumberNomics Notes
September 9, 2020 Gasoline prices at the retail level fell $0.01 in the week ending September 7 to $2.21 per gallon. After hitting bottom at $1.77 in the week of April 27, gasoline prices have been rising steadily. In South Carolina gasoline prices tend to about...
by sslifer | Sep 8, 2020 | Miscellaneous, NumberNomics Notes
September 8, 2020 Small business optimism rose 1.4 points in August to 100.2 after having declined 1.8 points in July. But this series fell a total of 13.6 points in March and April. Seven of the 10 index components improved in August, 2 declined, and 1 was...
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