MBA Mortgage Applications (Dec 28)
| Survey | n/a |
| Actual | -11/6% |
| Prior | -7.6% |
| Revised | n/a |
Last December number – purchase applications normally shoot back up in January.
Challenger Job Cuts YoY (Dec)
| Survey | n/a |
| Actual | -18.7% |
| Prior | -4.7% |
| Revised | n/a |
Graph looks OK.
ADP Employment Change (Dec)
| Survey | 33K |
| Actual | 40K |
| Prior | 189K |
| Revised | 173K |
A touch better than expected, trending down some, but fed thinks there are fewer people left to hire. This is a real number as ADP reports the actual number of people on its payroll system.
Initial Jobless Claims
| Survey | 345K |
| Actual | 336K |
| Prior | 349K |
| Revised | 357K |
This kind of drop means there is no weakness indicated here.
Continuing Claims (Dec 22)
Continuing Claims since 1980
| Survey | 2675K |
| Actual | 2761K |
| Prior | 2713K |
| Revised | 2715K |
Up some, but the long term graph looks fine.
Factory Orders (Nov)
| Survey | 0.5% |
| Actual | 1.5% |
| Prior | 0.5% |
| Revised | 0.7% |
No weakness here.
Total Vehicle Sales (Dec)
| Survey | 16.0M |
| Actual | 16.3M |
| Prior | 16.2M |
| Revised | n/a |
Still on the soft side, but no disaster.
Domestic Vehicle Sales (Dec)
| Survey | 12.2M |
| Actual | 12.5M |
| Prior | 12.4M |
| Revised | n/a |
As above.
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