International Trade April 2022
The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $87.1 billion in April, smaller than the consensus expected $89.5 […]
The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $87.1 billion in April, smaller than the consensus expected $89.5 […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post is for those investors who want to drill down below the […]
The ISM Non-Manufacturing index slowed to 55.9 in May, missing the consensus expected 56.5. (Levels above 50 signal expansion; levels […]
Nonfarm payrolls increased 390,000 in May, beating the consensus expected 318,000. Payroll gains for March and April were revised down […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. We get asked from time to time what our take is on the U.S. […]
The ISM Manufacturing Index increased to 56.1 in May, beating the consensus expected 54.5. (Levels higher than 50 signal expansion; […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post illustrates the wide disparities that often exist between the annual price […]
Personal income rose 0.4% in April (+0.6% including revisions to prior months), versus a consensus expected +0.5%. Personal consumption rose […]
Real GDP growth in Q1 was revised slightly lower to a -1.5% annual rate from a prior estimate of -1.4%, […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. We update this post on small-capitalization (cap) stocks every now and then so that […]
New orders for durable goods rose 0.4% in April (+0.2% including revisions to prior months), versus a consensus expected +0.6%. […]
New single-family home sales dropped 16.6% in April to a 0.591 million annual rate, well below the consensus expected 0.749 […]
