Economic data releases this 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:

. 

.

.

.

           8/24/18

Durable  Goods  Orders

July 2018  down -1.7%

- June 2018            up +0.7%

- May 2018         down -0.3%

- April 2018        down -1.0%

- 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%

Durable Goods excluding 

volatile transportation orders:

Up +0.2% in July 2018

   Up +0.1% in June 2017

   Up +0.3% in May 2018

   Up +1.9% in April 2018

   Up +0.5% 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

.

.

.

.

           8/23/18

New  Home  Sales  

July 2018  down -1.7%

- June 2018         down -2.4%

- May 2018               up +3.3% 

- April 2018          down -5.9%

- March 2018            up +1.5% 

- February 2018       up +4.7% 

- January 2018     down -0.5%

- December 2017 down -10.7%

- November 2017     up +15.2% 

- October 2017       down -3.0%

- September 2017   up +14.3% 

- August 2017        down -0.1%

- July 2017             down -8.9%


Prior data releses here:
http://el2017.blogspot.com/2018/08/recent-economic-data-releases_17.html