Softening:
Down more than expected. This is for the week ending Sep 4, as federal benefits expired. Lots of federal spending expiring:
Commercial real estate index dipping:
Softening:
Down more than expected. This is for the week ending Sep 4, as federal benefits expired. Lots of federal spending expiring:
Commercial real estate index dipping:
Looking weak:
Nothing good happening here:
Tiny glimmer of hope here?
Lots more unemployment than the headline number:
Still way above the 200,000 pre covid levels.
Makes me wonder why so many people are still losing jobs:
Weaker imports is likely a sign of a weaker US consumer:
And oil isn’t much of a factor anymore:
This is seriously low as supply issues continue:
August’s annualized rate was tracking about one million units higher until the inventory-drain worsened enough that sales nosedived at the end of the month, which does not bode well for the upcoming Labor Day weekend (as well as entire-September), when the market usually gets a boost from holiday deals and promotions.
Big slump here:
Weakness here as well:
Collapse in front of expiring federal unemployment benefits:
This has now fallen back to pre covid levels and is likely to go lower after federal unemployment benefits expire:
Expiring benefits after next week could leave a serious shortfall:
Federal spending and transfer payments have managed to restore consumption to close to pre covid levels:
Last week of federal unemployment benefits:
Dallas surprises on the downside, but inline with other indicators:
And federal unemployment benefits expire in 2 weeks:
Back to about where it was heading pre covid, way below last cycle and not
where it was expected to be with record low mortgage rates:
Still weak:
Coming back slowly, but now oil prices are lower:
Lots of spiky commodities like iron ore: