Author: Kevin Roth

Kevin A. Roth, PhD published a weekly economic newsletter for a Washington, DC association for 8.5 years. Then it stopped. This blog builds on the tradition of that newsletter by giving readers a brief, easy-to-read summary of what happened in the U.S. economy over the past week. The opinions expressed here are not necessarily those of Kevin’s current employer. No endorsements are implied. Any data presented are owned by their respective creators.

Business Conditions Stagger, Yet Consumers Perk Up for the Holidays: What We Learned During the Week of December 21-25

On one hand, a revised Q3 GDP estimate does not inspire nor does data on November business conditions. Yet, consumer sentiment improved as 2015 was wrapping up with Americans opening up their wallets.

Retail Sales Start Off the Holidays Well: What We Learned During the Week of December 7 – 11

A decent start to the holiday retail season and continued solid labor market news are among last week’s highlights. Here are the 5 things we learned from U.S. economic data released during the week ending December 11. Retail sales had a good start to the holiday season. The Census Bureau estimates retail sales were at... Continue Reading →

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