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High frequency indicators can give us a nearly up-to-the-moment view of the economy. The metrics are divided into long leading, short leading, and coincident indicators. While the overall picture remains very positive in all time frames, several cracks, most notably in restaurant ...

Rate of growth in core U.S. consumer prices moderates. U.S. Senate approves sweeping infrastructure bill. U.S. government bond yields rally from early August lows. For further details see: Is U.S. Inflation Starting To Slow?

The preliminary August results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment plunged in early August, hitting the lowest level since December 2011. Overall consumer sentiment decreased to 70.2 in early August, down from 81.2 in July, a 13.5 perce...

Macroeconomic dynamics in the U.S. economy has increasingly become associated with asset price fluctuations in the past few decades. Financial conditions have increasingly become an influential factor shaping macro cycles. There has been a mismatch between rising financial wealth and ...

AIER’s Leading Indicators Index posted a fourth consecutive small decline in July, falling to 75 from 79 in June. Real gross domestic product increased at a 6.5 percent annualized rate in the second quarter, up from a 6.3 percent pace in the first quarter. Total housing sta...

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Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance totaled 375,000 for the week ending August 7, a drop of 12,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 387,000. The number of ongoing claims for state unemployment programs totaled 2.916 million for the week ending July ...

During the last century, technology has transformed agriculture, boosting its profitability and offering a glimpse into the impending manufacturing revolution. Although six times higher than in all other industries, robot density in manufacturing still is much lower than that in the a...

Back in early February of 2020, I noted that, even as the major stock market indexes had pushed to new highs, a number of Hindenburg Omens had been triggering on the NYSE and the Nasdaq pointing to a significant deterioration in breadth. As has been widely reported, stock market bread...

The positive contributions were more widespread in July but were still led by increases in food and energy categories. After seasonal adjustment, the CPI rose 0.5 percent in July while the core increased 0.3 percent for the month. Prices for many goods and services in the economy ...