Economic data releases from last week

This is a summary 
of the full report
of all data releases
tracked at this blog,
available here:
https://elblog2019.blogspot.com/




Too much "red ink" 
in the data releases 
this week:



Note:
2017 Real GDP was up +2.2%, over 2016 (Trump)
2018 was up +2.9%, over 2017 (Trump)
Obama averaged +2.2% after the recession ended,
and a pitiful +1.5% average for his full eight years
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       2/28/19

4Q  2018  GDP

Real final sales 
-- 1st and 2nd estimate combined

GDP minus volatile inventory changes

4Q 2018 was +2.5% annual growth rate
3Q 2018 was only +1.1%

2Q 2018 was +5.4% 

1Q 2018 was +1.9%        

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         2/27/19  

Factory  Orders

- December 2018 up only +0.1%
- November 2018     down -0.5% 
- October 2018         down -2.1% 

- September 2018         up +0.2%

- August 2018               up +2.6% 

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        2/26/19

 Case-Shiller  Home  Price Index

          (20-city not seasonally adjusted)

- December 2018 down -0.2% from November 2018

- November 2018 down -0.1%

- October 2018      unchanged

- September 2018 unchanged

- August 2018        unchanged

 Note: Year-over-Year Home Price Gain

-   December 2018 up +4.2% over December 2017

-   November 2018 up +4.6% over November 2017

-       October 2018 up +5.0% over Oct. 2017

-  September 2018 up +5.2% over Sept. 2017

-        August 2018 up +5.5% over August 2017

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2/26/18  

Housing  Starts  

- December 2018 down -11.2%

- November 2018       up +0.4%

- October 2018      down -2.3%

- September 2018  down -3.4%

- August 2018             up +8.1%