Sunday, September 9, 2018

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:
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     9/7/18
Household  Employment  Survey
Note: This survey is
much more volatile than the 
usual headline Payroll Survey
-- I recommend averaging three months 

             Employment
- Employment down -423,000 in August 2018 
                                     (62.7% labor force participation rate)
- Employment up      +389,000 in July 2018 (62.9%) 
- 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%) 


            Unemployment     
Unemployment down -46,000 in August 2018
- 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
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         9/6/18  
Factory  Orders
July 2018  down -0.8% 
- June 2018             up +0.6% 
- May 2018              up +0.4%
- April 2018         down -0.4%
- March 2018          up +1.7% 
- February 2018     up +2.0% 
- January 2018  down -1.6% 
- December 2017  up +1.8%
- November 2017  up +2.0%
  October 2017  down -1.5% 
- September 2017 up +2.9%
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      9/4/18
Auto  Sales
August 2018  est. 16.7 to 17.2 (GM stopped reporting monthly)
- July 2018            was 16.8 million annual sales rate
- June 2018           was 17.5 
- May 2018            was 16.9
- April 2018           was 17.2 
- March 2017         was 17.5  
- February 2018    was 17.1
- January 2018     was 17.2 
- December 2017  was 17.9 
- November 2017  was 17.5
- October 2017      was 18.1 
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        9/4/18
Construction  Spending
July 2018 up only +0.1%
- June 2018        down -0.8%
- May 2018              up +0.7%
- April 2018             up +1.7%
- March 2018      down -0.9%
- February 2018     up +2.3%
- January 2018      up +0.3%
- December 2017  up +1.2%
- November 2017  up +0.8%
- October 2017      up +0.6%
- September 2017 up +0.2%

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