Personal Income and Consumption, Employment reports and productivity

Full size image Highlights November was an uncertain month for the consumer in terms of sentiment. But in terms of hard numbers, it was a good month. Personal income rebounded 0.2 percent, following a 0.1 percent dip in October. But the important wages and salaries component improved to a 0.4 percent gain in November after […]

PCE/Personal Income

Very good, looks like continuing muddling through with moderate growth unemployment drifting lower in a few months when there are no more hours to add to the existing labor force. Welcome to Japan, Mr. US bond market? Ok market for stocks, especially with Euro zone risk fading. Just China h2 risk left, seems. Karim writes: […]

2008-08-29 US Economic Releases

[Skip to the end] Personal Income MoM (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Income YoY (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Income TABLE 1 (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Income TABLE 2 (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Spending MoM (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Spending YoY (Released 8:30 EST) PCE Deflator YOY (Released 8:30 EST) PCE Core MoM (Released 8:30 EST) PCE […]

2008-08-28 US Economic Releases

[Skip to the end] GDP QoQ Annualized (Released 8:30 EST) GDP YoY Annualized (Released 8:30 EST) GDP Price Index (Released 8:30 EST) GDP ALLX (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Consumption (Released 8:30 EST) Core PCE QoQ (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Consumption ALLX 1 (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Consumption ALLX 2 (Released 8:30 EST) Initial Jobless Claims […]

2008-06-26 Daily US Economic Releases

[Skip to the end] GDP QoQ Annualized (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Consumption (Released 8:30 EST) GDP Price Index (Released 8:30 EST) Core PCE QoQ (Released 8:30 EST) Initial Jobless Claims (Released 8:30 EST) Continiuing Jobless Claims (Released 8:30 EST) Help Wanted Index (Released 10:00 EST) Existing Home Sales (Released 10:00 EST) Existing Home Sales MoM […]

2008-04-30 US Economic Releases

[skip to the end] MBAVPRCH Index (Released 7:00 EST) MBAVREFI Index (Released 8:15 EST) ADP Employment Change (Released 8:30 EST) GDP QoQ Annualized (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Consumption (Released 8:30 EST) GDP Price Index (Released 8:30 EST) Core PCE QoQ (Released 8:30 EST) Employment Cost Index (Released 8:30 EST) Chicago Purchasing Manager (Released 9:45 EST) […]

2008-01-25 Balance of Risks Update

Mainstream economics would put it this way: Inflation risk to long term growth vs short term growth risks So on the inflation side: CPI year over year up to 4.1% Core CPI 2.4% year over year, 2.9% month over month (2.5% high end of Fed’s comfort zone) Headline PCE deflator 3.6% year over year, core […]