by sslifer | Apr 1, 2016 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
April 1, 2016 No, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke. For the first time in 18 months the factory sector is showing clear signs of life. The one piece of information that has altered the outlook for the manufacturing sector is the Institute for Supply Management’s...
by sslifer | Apr 17, 2015 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
April 17, 2015 First quarter GDP growth is expected to be anemic at 1.4%. Like last year adverse winter weather conditions played a role but other factors are also at work. The slowdown by West Coast dockworkers has negatively impacted both production and consumer...
by sslifer | Apr 4, 2014 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
April 4, 2014 The winter was very long and brutal. Month after month the economic statistics were depressing. Economists kept suggesting that the bulk of the drop-off in activity was weather-related. But that story was getting old and the longer it continued the...
by sslifer | Mar 28, 2014 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
March 28, 2014 Quite often discussion about the pace of economic activity centers on the consumer. That is probably appropriate since consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of GDP. However, firms in America make investment decisions that determine the pace...
by sslifer | Mar 14, 2014 | Commentary for the Week, NumberNomics Notes
March 14, 2014 Every month the Commerce Department, the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Reserve, and a variety of private organizations release more than 40 different economic indicators. Because there are so many indicators to watch and...
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