2008-10-21 USER


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ICSC UBS Store Sales YoY (Oct 21)

Survey n/a
Actual .90
Prior 1.00
Revised n/a

 
Slipping, but no collapse yet. Should be doing better with lower gas prices.

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ICSC UBS Store Sales WoW (Oct 21)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.60
Prior .70
Revised n/a

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Oct 21)

Survey n/a
Actual .80
Prior .50
Revised n/a

 
Low but steady.

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Redbook Store Sales MoM (Oct 21)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.10
Prior -1.20
Revised n/a

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ICSC UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Oct 21)


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2008-10-14 USER


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ICSC UBS Store Sales YoY (Oct 7)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.30%
Prior 1.10%
Revised n/a

 
Up a tad.

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ICSC UBS Store Sales WoW (Oct 7)

Survey n/a
Actual 0.10%
Prior -0.20%
Revised n/a

 
Up a tad.

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Oct 14)

Survey n/a
Actual .50%
Prior .80%
Revised n/a

 
Down a tad.

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Redbook Store Sales MoM (Oct 14)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.20%
Prior -1.40%
Revised n/a

 
A tiny improvement.

Retails sales weak but not in collapse.

Lower fuel prices hurt gross fuel revenues but help non fuel revenues.

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ICSC UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Oct 14)


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2008-09-30 USER


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ICSC UBS Store Sales YoY (Sep 30)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.10%
Prior 1.30%
Revised n/a

 
Still positive but weak.

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ICSC UBS Store Sales WoW (Sep 30)

Survey n/a
Actual -0.20%
Prior -1.00%
Revised n/a

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Sep 30)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.00%
Prior 1.20%
Revised n/a

 
Still positive but weak.

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Redbook Store Sales MoM (Sep 30)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.30%
Prior -1.20%
Revised n/a

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ICSC UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Sep 30)

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S&P CS Composite 20 YoY (Jul)

Survey -16.00%
Actual -16.35%
Prior -15.92%
Revised -15.91%

 
Down year over year, but the rate of decline has slowed.

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S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index (Jul)

Survey 166.90
Actual 166.23
Prior 167.69
Revised 167.71

 
Decelerating rate of decline.

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S&P Case Shiller Home Price Index MoM (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual -0.88%
Prior -0.52%
Revised n/a

 
From this angle it looks like the declines have moderated and could soon be over as inventories shrink and incomes continue higher.

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Case Shiller ALLX 1 (Jul)

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Case Shiller ALLX 2 (Jul)

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Chicago Purchasing Manager (Sep)

Survey 53.0
Actual 56.7
Prior 57.9
Revised n/a

 
Better than expected and remaining above 50. Employment moved up to 49.

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Chicago Purchasing Manager TABLE 1 (Sep)

 
Employment gapped up to 49?

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Chicago Purchasing Manager TABLE 2 (Sep)

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NAPM-Milwaukee (Sep)

Survey 44.0
Actual 46.0
Prior 43.0
Revised n/a

 
Better than expected and working its way out of the hole.

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Consumer Confidence (Sep)

Survey 55.0
Actual 59.8
Prior 56.9
Revised 58.5

 
Even this is moving up some though from very low levels, and as of September 23.

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Consumer Confidence ALLX 1 (Sep)

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Consumer Confidence ALLX 2 (Sep)


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2008-09-23 USER


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales YoY (Sep. 23)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.3%
Prior 1.3%
Revised n/a

 
Holding steady off the lows.

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ICSC-UBS Store Sales WoW (Sep 23)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.00%
Prior -1.60%
Revised n/a

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Sep 23)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.2%
Prior 1.4%
Revised n/a

 
Steady and off the lows as well.

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Redbook Store Sales MoM (Sep 23)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.20%
Prior -1.10%
Revised n/a

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ICSC-UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Sep 23)

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Sep)

Survey -12
Actual -18
Prior -16
Revised n/a

 
Worse than expected and looking very weak.

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index ALLX (Sep)

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House Price Index MoM (Jul)

Survey -0.2%
Actual -0.6%
Prior 0.0%
Revised -0.3%

 
Weaker than expected but still off the lows and seems to be working it’s way irregularly higher.

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House Price Index YoY (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual -5.3%
Prior -5.0%
Revised n/a

 
Losing 5.3% year over year is a lot for this index.

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House Price Index TABLE (Jul)


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2008-09-16 USER


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales WoW (Sep 16)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.6
Prior -0.1
Revised n/a

 
Not a good sign, but partially seasonal (see year over year below). Shoppers getting scared by the financial sector again?

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ICSC-UBS Store Sales YoY (Sep 16)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.30
Prior 1.90
Revised n/a

 
Down a bit, but still positive.

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Redbook MoM (Sep 16)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.10
Prior -0.8
Revised n/a

 
Same, down some but somewhat seasonal (see year over year).

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Redbook Weekly YoY (Sep 16)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.40
Prior 1.80
Revised n/a

 
Down some but still positive and off the bottom.

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ICSC-Redbook Comparison TABLE (Sep 16)

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Consumer Price Index MoM (Aug)

Survey -0.1%
Actual -0.1%
Prior 0.8%
Revised n/a

 
Down only a tenth even with the big drop in commodities.

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CPI Ex Food and Energy MoM (Aug)

Survey 0.2%
Actual 0.2%
Prior 0.3%
Revised n/a

 
No let up here but this lags headline.

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Consumer Price Index YoY (Aug)

Survey 5.5%
Actual 5.4%
Prior 5.6%
Revised n/a

 
Not much of a drop here as crude fell last august as well.

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CPI Ex Food and Energy YoY (Aug)

Survey 2.6%
Actual 2.5%
Prior 2.5%
Revised n/a

 
Way above the Fed’s target and comfort zone

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CPI Core Index SA (Aug)

Survey n/a
Actual 216.650
Prior 216.230
Revised n/a

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Consumer Price Index NSA (Aug)

Survey 219.300
Actual 219.086
Prior 219.964
Revised n/a

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Consumer Price Index ALLX 1 (Aug)

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Consumer Price Index ALLX 2 (Aug)

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Consumer Price Index TABLE (Aug)

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Consumer Price Index TABLE 2 (Aug)

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Consumer Price Index TABLE 3 (Aug)

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NAHB Housing Market Index (Sep )

Survey 17
Actual 18
Prior 16
Revised n/a

 
A touch better than expected, perking up a bit, but still very low historically and could spring back quickly with the agencies back in action.

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NAHB Housing Market Index TABLE (Sep)

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NAHB Housing Market Index TABLE 2 (Sep)

 
Future sales looking pretty good.

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FOMC Rate Decision (Sep 16)

Survey 2.00%
Actual 2.00%
Prior 2.00%
Revised n/a

 
Wonder if Fisher cut a deal not to dissent for the Hawkish inflation language

Karim writes:

Headline CPI -0.137% m/m and core CPI up .194% m/m

  • Trending items stayed on trend (OER +0.1% and medical +0.2%)

  • Volatile items a bit of a wash

  • Recreation (+0.5) and apparel (+1.0%) higher than normal

  • Lodging away from home (-1%) lower than normal

Fed view likely reinforced that decline in commodity prices plus growing economic slack, especially in labor market, will dampen inflation into 2009.

  • Decision (no cut) may be hawkish relative to expectations, but wording mostly dovish.

  • 1st paragraph- All changes highlight downside risks to growth; slowing export growth a new wrinkle in addition to the usual financial market strains, labor market weakness and housing.

  • 2nd paragraph-Identical to prior except mention of inflation expectations has been dropped; so a downgrading of concern over inflation.

  • 3rd paragraph-‘Stand ready to act’ but no mention of ‘in a timely manner’.

  • Fisher dropped his dissent.


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2008-09-09 USER


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales WoW (Sep 9)

Survey n/a
Actual -0.1%
Prior 0.1%
Revised n/a

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ICSC-UBS Stores Sales YoY (Sep 9)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.9%
Prior 2.0%
Revised n/a

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Sep 9)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.8%
Prior 2.3%
Revised n/a

 
Muddling through, well off the bottom, and not at recession levels.

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ICSC-UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Sep. 9)

 
Pretty much the same, muddling through and far from recession levels.

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Pending Home Sales (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual 86.5
Prior 89.4
Revised n/a

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Pending Home Sales MoM (Jul)

Survey -1.5%
Actual -3.2%
Prior 5.3%
Revised 5.8%

 
A bit lower but last month’s gain revised even higher.

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Pending Home Sales YoY (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual -6.5%
Prior -11.6%
Revised n/a

 
Still negative but looks to be surfacing rapidly.

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Wholesale Inventories MoM (Jul)

Survey 0.7%
Actual 1.4%
Prior 1.1%
Revised 0.9%

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Wholesale Inventories YoY (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual 10.6%
Prior 9.3%
Revised n/a

 
Inventories up but within normal fluctuations.

The question is causation- weak sales and unwanted inventories or building inventories for increasing demand

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Wholesale Inventories ALLX 1 (Jul)

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Wholesale Inventories ALLX 2 (Jul)

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IBD TIPP Economic Optimism (Sep)

Survey 44.0
Actual 45.8
Prior 42.8
Revised n/a

 


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2008-08-26 US Economic Releases


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales WoW (Aug 26)

Survey n/a
Actual 0.2%
Prior 0.1%
Revised n/a

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ICSC-UBS Store Sales YoY (Aug 26)

Survey n/a
Actual 2.3%
Prior 2.4%
Revised n/a

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Aug 26)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.9%
Prior 1.3%
Revised n/a

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ICSC-UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Aug 26)

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Consumer Confidence (Aug)

Survey 53.0
Actual 56.9
Prior 51.9
Revised n/a

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Consumer Confidence ALLX 1 (Aug)

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Consumer Confidence ALLX 2 (Aug)

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S&P-CaseShiller Home Price Index (Jun)

Survey 167.20
Actual 167.69
Prior 168.54
Revised n/a

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S&P-CS Composite-20 YoY (Jun)

Survey -16.20%
Actual -15.92%
Prior -15.78%
Revised -15.78%

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S&P-CaseShiller US HPI (2Q)

Survey n/a
Actual 155.32
Prior 159.20
Revised 159.03

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S&P-CaseShiller US HPI YoY (2Q)

Survey -16.2%
Actual -15.4%
Prior -14.1%
Revised -14.2%

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S&P-CaseShiller US HPI QoQ (2Q)

Survey n/a
Actual -2.33%
Prior -6.75%
Revised n/a

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House Price Index MoM (Jun)

Survey -0.4%
Actual 0.0%
Prior -0.3%
Revised -0.4%

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House Price Index YoY (Jun)

Survey n/a
Actual -4.8%
Prior -4.8%
Revised n/a

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House Price Purchase Index QoQ (2Q)

Survey -1.5%
Actual -1.4%
Prior -1.7%
Revised -1.7%

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House Price Purchase Index YoY (Jun)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.71%
Prior -0.06%
Revised n/a

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House Price Purchase Index Loans by Type TABLE (2Q)

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House Price Purchase Index ALLX (2Q)

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House Price Index TABLE (Jun)

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HPI ALLX 1 (Jun)

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HPI ALLX 2 (Jun)

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New Home Sales (Jul)

Survey 525K
Actual 515K
Prior 530K
Revised 503K

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New Home Sales MoM (Jul)

Survey -0.9%
Actual 2.4%
Prior -0.6%
Revised -2.1%

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New Home Sales Total YoY (Jul)

Survey n/a
Actual -35.3%
Prior -36.6%
Revised n/a

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New Home Sales ALLX (Jul)

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Aug)

Survey -10
Actual -16
Prior -16
Revised n/a

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index ALLX (Aug)

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ABC Consumer Confidence (Aug 24)

Survey
Actual
Prior -49
Revised

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ABC Consumer Confidence ALLX (Aug 24)


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2008-08-12 US Economic Releases


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales WoW (Aug 12)

Survey n/a
Actual -1.1%
Prior 0.0%
Revised n/a

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ICSC-UBS Store Sales YoY (Aug 12)

Survey n/a
Actual 2.6%
Prior 2.9%
Revised n/a

Year over year looking fine.

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Aug 12)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.5%
Prior 3.5%
Revised n/a

Softer but no collapse.

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ICSC-UBS Redbook Comparisson TABLE (Aug 12)

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Trade Balance (Jun)

Survey -$62.0B
Actual -$56.8B
Prior -$59.8B
Revised -$59.2B

Lower than expected and moving lower even with crude prices up in June.

I still think last months number was too high which is part of the reason for the June drop.

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Exports MoM (Jun)

Survey n/a
Actual 4.0%
Prior 1.2%
Revised n/a

Government and exports continue to support GDP.

Q2 now looking to be revised to maybe north of 3%.

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Imports MoM (Jun)

Survey n/a
Actual 1.8%
Prior 0.3%
Revised n/a

Up due to crude and gasoline prices.

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Exports YoY (Jun)

Survey n/a
Actual 21.1%
Prior 18.2%
Revised n/a

Looking more like an export economy every day. Weak domestic consumption and ok employment.

Workers earn enough to drive to work and eat, and the rest of their output gets exported to someone else.

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Imports YoY (Jun)

Survey n/a
Actual 13.5%
Prior 12.5%
Revised n/a

Mostly petro and product prices.

Other imports are down.

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Trade Balance ALLX (Jun)

Ex petro down to about 20 billion.

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IBD-TIPP Economic Optimism (Aug)

Survey 39.0
Actual 42.8
Prior 37.4
Revised n/a

Up some, but less than expected.

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Monthly Budget Statement (Jul)

Survey -$95.0B
Actual -$102.8B
Prior -$36.4B
Revised n/a

Government spending and exports supporting GDP more than most anticipate.

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Monthly Budget Statement ALLX (Jul)

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ABC Consumer Confidence (Aug 10)

Survey n/a
Actual -50
Prior -49
Revised n/a

Bumping along the bottom.

Inflation hurting confidence as wages remain ‘well contained’.

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ABC Consumer Confidence ALLX (Aug 10)


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2008-08-05 US Economic Releases


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales WoW (Aug 5)

Survey n/a
Actual 0.0%
Prior 1.2%
Revised n/a

Flat, but year over year still looking ok.

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ICSC-UBS Store Sales YoY (Aug 5)

Survey n/a
Actual 2.9%
Prior 2.6%
Revised n/a

Continues higher into today’s meeting.

By itself, generally not an important number for the Fed.

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Redbook Store Sales Weekly YoY (Aug 5)

Survey n/a
Actual 3.5%
Prior 2.9%
Revised n/a

Also moving up, even after rebates have gone out.

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ICSC-UBS Redbook Comparison TABLE (Aug 5)

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ISM Non-Manufacturing Composite (Jul)

Survey 48.8
Actual 49.5
Prior 48.2
Revised n/a

Better than expected, seems to be holding at muddle through levels.

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ISM Non-Manufacturing Composite ALLX 1 (Jul)

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ISM Non-Manufacturing Composite ALLX 2 (Jul)


Karim writes:

  • Employment up, export orders and prices paid down were largest movers. Number is for July, so employment number doesn’t seem consistent with NFP data for same month.
  • Export orders do seem consistent with recent data out of Europe and Japan (Eurozone retail sales for June that came out today showed down 3.1% y/y).
  • “Our business remains at about the same level as the previous month, with continued focus on cost reduction.” (Finance & Insurance)

    “The general state of the home-building industry has not changed since last month; however, with the commodity and code changes going into 2009, we face much higher construction costs and reduced margins across the entire supply chain.” (Construction)

    Right, prices to rise even as volumes remain low, as headline leaks into core via cost push.

    “Continue to see slowdown in local economy.” (Health Care & Social Assistance)

    “While still positive, the overall outlook for 2008 for our company is not as high as earlier in the year.” (Wholesale Trade)

    “Governmental spending for services is up this period.” (Professional, Scientific & Technical Services)

    Yes, government deficit spending on the rise.

    July June
    2008 2008
    Index 49.5 48.2

    While below 50, this still implies positive GDP growth and is not collapsing as feared.

    Activity 49.6 49.9
    Prices Paid 80.8 84.5

    Still way high.

    New Orders 47.9 48.6
    Employment 47.1 43.8

    Agreed – not in sync with other employment indicators, but the other numbers reflect large numbers of new entrants to the labor market – a higher labor force participation rate.

    So these companies maybe planning employment increases, but falling short of those new people now reported to be looking for work

    Export Orders 47.5 52.0
    Imports 49.0 50.5

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    FOMC Rate Decision (Aug 5)

    Survey 2.00%
    Actual 2.00%
    Prior 2.00%
    Revised 2.00%

    Fisher voting to hike, and others placated by stronger anti-inflation rhetoric.

    History will not be kind to this Fed.


    Karim writes:

    • Bland statement-1 dissent (Fisher)
    • Dovish-
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      • Economic activity ‘expanded’ in the 2nd qtr (no mention of ongoing expansion)
      • Labor markets have softened further and markets remain under considerable stress
      • No mention that downside risks to growth have diminished (as they did last time)

    Hawkish-Upside risks to inflation are also of ‘significant’ concern (new)

    Bottom Line: No guidance of anything imminent (i.e., Sep move is off the table). October 29 meeting is 1 week before election and Nov payrolls report, so December meeting earliest likely to see a move, if any.

    NEW

    Economic activity expanded in the second quarter, partly reflecting growth in consumer spending and exports. However, labor markets have softened further and financial markets remain under considerable stress. Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and elevated energy prices are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters. Over time, the substantial easing of monetary policy, combined with ongoing measures to foster market liquidity, should help to promote moderate economic growth.

    Inflation has been high, spurred by the earlier increases in the prices of energy and some other commodities, and some indicators of inflation expectations have been elevated. The Committee expects inflation to moderate later this year and next year, but the inflation outlook remains highly uncertain.

    Although downside risks to growth remain, the upside risks to inflation are also of significant concern to the Committee. The Committee will continue to monitor economic and financial developments and will act as needed to promote sustainable economic growth and price stability.

    OLD

    Recent information indicates that overall economic activity continues to expand, partly reflecting some firming in household spending. However, labor markets have softened further and financial markets remain under considerable stress. Tight credit conditions, the ongoing housing contraction, and the rise in energy prices are likely to weigh on economic growth over the next few quarters.

    The Committee expects inflation to moderate later this year and next year. However, in light of the continued increases in the prices of energy and some other commodities and the elevated state of some indicators of inflation expectations, uncertainty about the inflation outlook remains high.

    The substantial easing of monetary policy to date, combined with ongoing measures to foster market liquidity, should help to promote moderate growth over time. Although downside risks to growth remain, they appear to have diminished somewhat, and the upside risks to inflation and inflation expectations have increased. The Committee will continue to monitor economic and financial developments and will act as needed to promote sustainable economic growth and price stability.


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2008-07-22 US Economic Releases


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ICSC-UBS Store Sales YoY (Jul 15)

Survey n/a
Actual 2.5%
Prior 2.2%
Revised n/a

Still wiggling their way higher as fiscal kicks in.

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Redbook Weekly YoY (Jul 15)

Survey n/
Actual 2.6%
Prior 2.7%
Revised n/a

Also working its way higher.

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ICSC-UBS and Redbook Comparison TABLE (Jul 15)

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Jul)

Survey -9
Actual -16
Prior -12
Revised n/a

Big dip puts it back on its downtrend.

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Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index ALLX (Jul)

Big drop in shipments,
interesting up tic in wages.

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OFHEO House Price Index MoM (May)

Survey -0.8%
Actual -0.3%
Prior -0.8%
Revised n/a

Better than expected, still down, but seems to be falling at a slower rate.

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OFHEO House Price Index YoY (May)

Survey n/a
Actual -4.8%
Prior -4.6%
Revised n/a

Rate of decline seems to have diminished some. So far, year over year changes for this price range doesn’t seem that severe.

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OFHEO House Price Index TABLE (May)

Several regions showing gains.

Unless commodities take a very large dive, the Fed needs an output gap in housing to keep a lid on overall prices.

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ABC Consumer Confidence (Jul 20)

Survey -42
Actual -41
Prior -41
Revised n/a

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ABC Consumer Confidence TABLE (Jul 20)


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