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Personal Income MoM (Sep)
Survey |
0.1% |
Actual |
0.2% |
Prior |
0.5% |
Revised |
0.4% |
A tick better than expected but last month revised down same.
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Personal Income YoY (Sep)
Survey |
n/a |
Actual |
3.9% |
Prior |
4.3% |
Revised |
n/a |
Looks to be on the decline as expected.
Lower interest rates are also a drag on income, as households are net savers.
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Personal Income ALLX (Sep)
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Personal Consumption MoM (Sep)
Survey |
-0.2% |
Actual |
-0.3% |
Prior |
0.0% |
Revised |
n/a |
Worse than expected and took dive as the publicity around the credit crisis petrified businesses and consumers.
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Personal Consumption YoY (Sep)
Survey |
n/a |
Actual |
3.8% |
Prior |
4.5% |
Revised |
n/a |
Heading south but still growing some.
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PCE Deflator YoY (Sep)
Survey |
4.1% |
Actual |
4.2% |
Prior |
4.5% |
Revised |
n/a |
Higher than expected and staying high even with commodities coming down.
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PCE Core MoM (Sep)
Survey |
0.1% |
Actual |
0.2% |
Prior |
0.2% |
Revised |
n/a |
Higher than expected.
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PCE Core YoY (Sep)
Survey |
2.4% |
Actual |
2.4% |
Prior |
2.6% |
Revised |
2.5% |
Holding firm, at least for now.
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Employment Cost Index (3Q)
Survey |
0.7% |
Actual |
0.7% |
Prior |
0.7% |
Revised |
n/a |
Well contained.
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Employment Cost Index ALLX (3Q)
The surveys have a large subjective component, and have all taken dives recently.
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RPX Composite 28dy YoY (Aug)
Survey |
n/a |
Actual |
-17.96% |
Prior |
-17.76% |
Revised |
n/a |
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RPX Composite 28dy Index (Aug)
Survey |
n/a |
Actual |
219.67 |
Prior |
224.28 |
Revised |
n/a |
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Chicago Purchasing Manager (Oct)
Survey |
48.0 |
Actual |
37.8 |
Prior |
56.7 |
Revised |
n/a |
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NAPM Milwaukee (Oct)
Survey |
n/a |
Actual |
42.0 |
Prior |
46.0 |
Revised |
n/a |
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