This morning's release of the July New Home Sales from the Census Bureau came in at 654K, up 12.4% month-over-month from a revised 582K in June. Seasonally adjusted estimates for April and May were revised.
Today's seasonally adjusted 266K new claims, down 1K from last week's revised number, was above the Investing.com forecast of 265K. The four-week moving average is at 262,750, up from last week's number. Here is a close look at...
Market Cap to GDP is a long-term valuation indicator that has become popular in recent years, thanks to Warren Buffett. Back in 2001, he remarked in a Fortune Magazine interview that "it is probably the best single measure of where...
Five out of the twelve Federal Reserve Regional Districts currently publish monthly data on regional manufacturing: Dallas, Kansas City, New York, Richmond, and Philadelphia. Regional manufacturing surveys are a measure of local...
The latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index was released this morning based on data collected through June 16. The headline number of 98.0, was an increase from the May final reading of 92.4, which is a downward revision from 92.6. Today's number was above the Investing.comforecast of 93.3.
The Latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for May decreased 0.2 percent to 123.7 from April's unrevised 123.9 and small upward revisions were made to January (123.0 to 123.1) and March (123.1 to 123.2). The latest indicator value came in below the 0.1 percent forecast by Investing.com.
This morning's release of the May Existing-Home Sales increased from the previous month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.53 million units from a downwardly revised 5.43 million in April. The Investing.com consensus was...
With today's release of the February S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price, we learned that seasonally adjusted home prices for the benchmark 20-city index were up month over month at 0.7%. The seasonally adjusted year-over-year change has...
The latest index comes in at -2.0, still in negative territory, but a 1.3 point increase from the previous week's revised -3.3. RecessionAlert has recently launched an alternative to ECRI's Weekly Leading Index Growth indicator (WLIg).
Today the Institute for Supply Management published its monthly Manufacturing Report for February. The latest headline PMI was 49.5 percent, an increase of 1.3 percent from the previous month and above the Investing.com forecast of 48.5.
The Latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for December is now available. The index decreased 0.2 percent to 123.7 from November's revised 123.9. The latest indicator value came in below the -0.1 percent forecast...
The Latest Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for November is now available. The index increased 0.4 percent to 124.6 from October's 124.1. The latest indicator value came in above the 0.1 percent forecast by Investing.com.
The reaction in the popular financial press to last week's Employment Report for October was one of surprise. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.0% and the number of new nonfarm jobs (a relatively volatile number subject to extensive revisions) jumped to 271K.
Today's seasonally adjusted 260K new claims was slightly better than the Investing.com forecast of 263K. The four-week moving average is at 259,250, down from last week's 263,250, is at a new low last seen in 1973.
