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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         8/28/18

 Case-Shiller  Home  Price Index

    (20-city not seasonally adjusted)

June 2018  up +0.5%  from May 2018

- May 2018            up +0.8%  

- April 2018           up +0.8% 

- March 2018         up +1.0% 

- 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% 

 Note: Year-over-Year Home Price Gain

- June 2018 up +6.3% over June 2017   

-  May 2018 up +6.5% over May 2017         

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       8/29/18

2Q  2018  GDP

Real final sales  

excludes volatile inventory changes

     ( second estimate )

President Trump average is 

+2.9% per quarter

( 1Q 2017 through 2Q 2018 ) 

2Q 2018 was +5.2% 

1Q 2018 was +1.9%        

4Q 2017 was +3.2%

3Q 2017 was +1.8%

2Q 2017 was +2.8%

1Q 2017 was +2.6%

4Q 2016 was only +0.8%

3Q 2016 was +2.5% 


Prior data releases here:
http://el2017.blogspot.com/2018/08/economic-data-releases-this-week.html