What We Learned About the U.S. Economy Last Week
Weekly Economic Update: A brief, non-technical review of the previous week's U.S. economic data releases by Kevin A. Roth, PhD
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 →
Retail continues to wobble while the number of job openings remains strong.
Continued weakness in manufacturing and retail, along with a drop in job openings, were last week’s highlights. Here are the 5 things we learned from U.S. economic data released during the week ending October 16. Manufacturing production eased for the 3rd time in 4 months in September. The Federal Reserve indicates manufacturing output slipped 0.1%... Continue Reading →
