Recent Economic Data Releases

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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        8/16/18  

Housing  Starts  

- July 2018                up +0.8%

- June 2018        down -12.9%

- May 2018                up +4.0%

- April 2018           down -3.7%

- 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%

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       8/15/18

Industrial  Production 

- July 2018               up +0.1%

- June 2018              up +1.0%

- May 2018            down -0.8%

- April 2018               up +1.2%

- March 2018            up +0.5%

- February 2018       up +0.5%

- 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% 

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     8/3/18

Household  Employment  Survey

Note: Much more volatile than the 

headline numbers (the Payroll Survey),

but includes the self-employed --

-- I recommend averaging three months: 

             Employment

- Employment up      +389,000 in July 2018 (62.9%) labor force participation

- Employment up      +102,000 in June 2018 (62.9%) 

- Employment up      +293,000 in May 2018 (62.7%)

- Employment up only +3,000 in April 2018 (62.8%)

- Employment down   -37,000 in March 2018 (62.9%)

- Employment up     +785,000 in February 2018 (63.0%

- Employment up     +409,000 in January 2018 (62.7%) 

- Employment up     +104,000 in December 2017 (62.7%)

- Employment up       +71,000 in November 2017 (62.7%)

- Employment down -478,000 in October 2017 (62.7%)

- Employment up     +906,000 in September 2017 (63.0%) 

- Employment down    -74,000 in August 2017 (62.9%) 

            Unemployment     

- Unemployment down -284,000 in July 2018

- Unemployment up     +499,000 in June 2018

 (due to 601,000 entering labor force to look for a job)

- Unemployment down -281,000 in May 2018

- Unemployment down -239,000 in April 2018

- Unemployment down -121,000 in March 2018

- Unemployment up       +22,000 in February 2018

- Unemployment up     +108,000 in January 2018

- Unemployment down   -40,000 in December 2017

- Unemployment up       +92,000 in November 2017

- Unemployment down -235,000 in October 2017

- Unemployment down -331,000 in September 2017

- Unemployment up     +151,000 in August 2017


prior data releases here:
http://el2017.blogspot.com/2018/08/recent-economic-data-releases.html