Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Key Measures Show Inflation About the Same Year-over-year in February as in January

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The Cleveland Fed released the median CPI and the trimmed-mean CPI this morning: According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, the ...

Small Business Optimism Index Increased in February, "Difficulty of finding qualified workers" is Top Problem

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From the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB): February 2018 Report: Small Business Optimism Index Small business owners are...

BLS: CPI increased 0.2% in February, Core CPI increased 0.2%

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From the BLS : The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis ...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Tuesday: CPI, Small Business Confidence

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From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Just Barely Lower Ahead of Key Inflation Data Mortgage rates spent the entirety...

February Employment Report: Prime Participation and Diffusion Indexes

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Two more graphs based on the February employment report ... The BLS diffusion index for total private employment was at 68.6 in February, ...

BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 6 states in January; Alabama, California, Maine and Mississippi at New Series Lows

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From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in January in 6 states and the District...

Oil Rigs "Big rig drop, another inflection point"

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A few comments from Steven Kopits of Princeton Energy Advisors LLC on Mar 9, 2018: • Total US oil rigs were down this week, -4 to 796 • ...
Sunday, March 11, 2018

Sunday Night Futures

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Weekend: • Schedule for Week of Mar 11, 2018 Monday: • 10:00 AM, State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) for January 2018 From CN...

Hotels: Occupancy Rate Up Year-over-Year

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From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 3 March The U.S. hotel industry reported positive year-over-year results in t...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Schedule for Week of Mar 11, 2018

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The key economic reports this week are February Housing Starts, Retail Sales and the Consumer Price Index (CPI). For manufacturing, Februa...