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:
.
.
5/30/18
1Q 2018 GDP
Real final sales
excludes volatile inventory changes
( second estimate )
1Q 2018 was +2.1%
4Q 2017 was +3.4%
3Q 2017 was +2.4%
2Q 2017 was +3.0%
1Q 2017 was +2.7%
4Q 2016 was only +0.7%
3Q 2016 was +2.6%
2Q 2016 was +2.9%
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5/29/18
Case-Shiller Home Price Index
(20-city not seasonally adjusted)
- March 2018 up +1.0% from February 2018
- February 2018 up +0.7%
- January 2018 up +0.3%
- December 2017 up +0.2%
- November 2017 up +0.2%
- October 2017 up +0.2%
- September 2017 up +0.4%
- August 2017 up +0.4
- July 2017 up +0.7%
- June 2017 up +0.7%
- May 2017 up +0.9%
- April 2017 up +1.0%
Note: Year-over-Year Gain
- March 2018 up +6.8% over March 2017
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5/25/18
Durable Goods Orders
- April 2018 down -1.7%
- March 2018 up +2.7%
- February 2018 up +4.5%
- January 2018 down -4.2%
- December 2017 up +3.2%
- November 2017 up +2.2%
- October 2017 down -4.1%
- September 2017 up +4.7%
- August 2017 up +2.7%
- July 2017 down -7.4%
- June 2017 up +7.1%
- May 2017 down -1.2%
Excluding the volatile
transportation industry orders:
Up +0.9% in April 2018
Up +0.4% in March 2018
Up +1.3% in February 2018
Down -0.3% in January 2018
Up +0.8% in December 2017
Up +0.4% in November 2017
Up +1.4% in October 2017
Up +1.1% in September 2017
Up +0.7% in August 2017
Up +0.5% in July 2017
Up +0.2% in June 2017
Up +0.1% in May 2017
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5/23/18
New Home Sales
- April 2018 down -4.6%
- March 2018 up +4.0%
- February 2018 up +3.6%
- January 2018 unchanged
- December 2017 down -9.4%
- November 2017 up +13.0%
- October 2017 down -3.6%
- September 2017 up +14.3%
- August 2017 down -0.1%
- July 2017 down -8.9%
- June 2017 up +2.1%
- May 2017 up +1.3%
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