Economic data releases last 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:

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        7/18/18  

Housing  Starts  

- June 2018         down -12.3%

- May 2018                up +4.8%

- April 2018           down -3.8%

- March 2018              up 2.9%

- February 2018   down -3.3%

- January 2018      up +10.2%

- 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%

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       7/17/18

Industrial  Production 

- June 2018              up +0.6%

- May 2018            down -0.5%

- April 2018               up +1.1%

- March 2018            up +0.5%

- February 2018       up +0.4%

- January 2018     down -0.3% 

- December 2017     up +0.5%

- November 2017     up +0.5% 

- October 2017         up +1.5%

- September 2017  unchanged

- August 2017       down -0.4% 

- July 2017            down -0.1%