Retail Sales Nov. 2021
Retail sales rose 0.3% in November, short of the consensus expected gain of 0.8%. Retail sales are up 18.2% versus […]
Retail sales rose 0.3% in November, short of the consensus expected gain of 0.8%. Retail sales are up 18.2% versus […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. If the S&P 500 Index holds on to its double-digit total return in 2021, […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.8% in November, well above the consensus expected +0.5%. Producer prices are up 9.6% […]
Today’s visualization is based on a concept by S&P Dow Jones Indices that shows the percentage of U.S.-based companies in global sectors […]
Inflation can be a concern because it makes money saved today less valuable tomorrow. Inflation erodes a consumer’s purchasing power […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.8% in November, more than the consensus expected +0.7%. The CPI is up 6.8% […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post illustrates the wide disparities that often exist between the annual price […]
A Crash Course in the Study of Production and Consumption Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy details of economics into […]
The trade deficit in goods and services narrowed to $67.1 billion in October, but by less than the consensus expected. […]
Stock Market The S&P 500 Index closed November at 4,567.00, 2.92% below its all-time closing high of 4,704.54 on 11/18/21, […]
Just as there is a typical human life cycle that lasts about 80 years and no two are exactly the […]
