Industrial Production / Capacity Utilization June 2022
Industrial production declined 0.2% in June (-0.8% including revisions to prior months), below the consensus expected gain of 0.1%. Utilities […]
Industrial production declined 0.2% in June (-0.8% including revisions to prior months), below the consensus expected gain of 0.1%. Utilities […]
How many times have you heard that the US dollar will collapse because of Fed and fiscal policy? According to […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. We update this post every few months so that investors can see which of […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 1.1% in June, coming in above the consensus expected +0.8%. Producer prices are up […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.3% in June, above the consensus expected +1.1%. The CPI is up 9.1% from […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. As of 7/7/22, 398 of the constituents in the S&P 500 Index distributed a […]
Some investors think the US is already in a recession. As we wrote two weeks ago and as recent data have confirmed, […]
Nonfarm payrolls increased 372,000 in June, beating the consensus expected 265,000. Payroll gains for April and May were revised down […]
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The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $85.5 billion in May, slightly larger than the consensus expected […]
The ISM Non-Manufacturing index declined to 55.3 in June, beating the consensus expected 54.0. (Levels above 50 signal expansion; levels […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. One of the most common questions we field on an ongoing basis is the […]
As we celebrate 246 years of national independence, our country is now more than two years into an economic recovery […]
