Employment Report Nov 2022
Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 in November, beating the consensus expected 200,000. Payroll gains for September and October were revised down […]
Nonfarm payrolls increased 263,000 in November, beating the consensus expected 200,000. Payroll gains for September and October were revised down […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Year-to-date through 11/30/22, the S&P 500 Index was down -13.12% on a total return […]
The ISM Manufacturing Index declined to 49.0 in November, lagging the consensus expected 49.7. (Levels higher than 50 signal expansion; […]
Personal income rose 0.7% in October (+0.5% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected +0.4%. Personal consumption increased […]
Real GDP growth in Q3 was revised higher to a 2.9% annual rate from a prior estimate of 2.6%, narrowly […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Last week’s blog post on 11/22/22 (click here) discussed the potential for a flat […]
It’s that special time of the year, and we will all hear and read a great deal about Black Friday, […]
New single-family home sales increased 7.5% in October to a 0.632 million annual rate, beating the consensus expected 0.570 million. […]
New orders for durable goods rose 1.0% in October (+0.9% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected +0.4%. […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. As indicated in the chart above, the 2021 year-end dividend yield of 1.26% on […]
Existing home sales declined 5.9% in October to a 4.430 million annual rate, narrowly beating the consensus expected 4.400 million. […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post is one we do ongoing so that investors can monitor fluctuations […]