Durable Goods Dec 2022

New orders for durable goods rose 5.6% in December (+6.1% including revisions to prior months), easily beating the consensus expected […]

4th Quarter GDP

Real GDP increased at a 2.9% annual rate in Q4, beating the consensus expected 2.6%. The largest positive contributions to […]

Uncharted Waters

VIEW FROM THE OBSERVATION DECK Today’s table highlights the last five times the Federal Reserve (“Fed”) increased the federal funds […]

Retail Sales Dec 2022

Retail sales declined 1.1% in December (-1.8% including revisions to prior months), lagging the consensus expected decline of 0.9%.  Retail […]

PPI Dec 2022

The Producer Price Index (PPI) declined 0.5% in December, coming in well below the consensus expected -0.1%.  Producer prices are […]