Economic Data Releases last week

Economic data releases

in past week:

Note: 

During healthy 

economic growth, 

at least three-quarters

of data releases 

are good news,

(in black ink), 

so bad news

(in red ink) 

will be rare:

       4/17/18

Industrial  Production 

- March 2018 up +0.5%

- February 2018       up +1.0%

- January 2018     down -0.2% 

- December 2017     up +0.5%

- November 2017     up +0.5% 

- October 2017         up +1.5%

- September 20     unchanged

- August 2017       down -0.4% 

- July 2017            down -0.1%

- June 2017              up +0.1%

- May 2017            unchanged

- April 2017               up +1.0%

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        4/17/18  

Housing  Starts  

- March 2018  up 6.7%

- February 2018   down -7.0%

- January 2018      up +10.1%

- December 2017 down -7.1%

- November 2017     up +3.0%

- October 2017         up +8.8%

- September 2017 down -1.1%

- August 2017       down -1.1%

- July 2017           down -2.6%

- June 2017              up +7.8%

- May 2017            down -2.2%

- April 2017           down -2.9%