2008-04-01 US Economic Releases

ISM Manufacturing (Mar) Survey 47.5 Actual 48.6 Prior 48.3 Revised n/a Still soft, but better than expected and not at recession levels of 44 or less. ISM Prices Paid (Mar) Survey 75.0 Actual 83.5 Prior 75.5 Revised n/a ISM TABLE Prices paid up and employment up -inflation and a lower output gap- not the direction […]

2008-01-03 US Economic Releases

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 […]