Category: Economy

Like it does once every year, last week the Commerce Department went back and revised its GDP figures for the […]

New orders for durable goods were unchanged in August (+0.1% including revisions to prior months), easily beating the consensus expected […]

Real GDP growth in Q2 was unrevised from a prior estimate of 3.0%, slightly above the consensus expected 2.9% annualized […]

You don’t have to read or listen for long these days before you hear a politician, pundit, or politically-inclined person […]

Friday’s employment report suggests the US economy may be slowing down faster than most investors think Nonfarm payrolls increased 142,000 […]

Nonfarm payrolls increased 142,000 in August, lagging the consensus expected 165,000.  Payroll gains for June and July were revised down […]

The ISM Non-Manufacturing index increased to 51.5 in August, beating the consensus expected 51.4. (Levels above 50 signal expansion; levels […]

The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $78.8 billion in July, slightly smaller than the consensus expected […]

The ISM Manufacturing Index increased to 47.2 in August, lagging the consensus expected 47.5. (Levels higher than 50 signal expansion; […]

Labor Day was celebrated around the country yesterday and, as usual, when doing so there were speeches extolling the virtues […]

Real GDP growth in Q2 was revised upward to a 3.0% annual rate from a prior estimate and consensus expected […]

New orders for durable goods rose 9.9% in July (+9.7% including revisions to prior months), easily beating the consensus expected […]

We all knew it was coming…and in Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it will come next month. […]

New single-family home sales increased 10.6% in July to a 0.739 million annual rate, easily beating the consensus expected 0.623 […]

Existing home sales increased 1.3% in July to a 3.950 million annual rate, narrowly beating the consensus expected 3.940 million. […]