Almost all November improvement due to a sharp fall in imports of Industrial Supplies (which includes crude oil). Trade deficit has moved 26% towards balance over the past year. Read More
Posts Categorized: Release Observations
Construction Spending – Single Home spending revised back to trend
Combined September and October spending increases for single-family home spending revised up by 0.8%. First November estimates comes in strongly with a 1.8% rise. Read More
Residential Construction – November Single-Family Surge.
22.7% annualized rise in November (incl, apartments). Not matched by Permits, but presented across three of the US regions. Permit authorization dips in November, but due entirely to apartment permits in the South. Read More
Consumer Prices: November indexes unchanged.
CPI-U and CPI-W both unchanged (to one decimal place) but with annual inflation rising to 1.24% from last month’s 0.96%, due to drop out of November 2012. Read More
Industrial Production – Surged by 1.1% in November.
The IP index reaches an all time high, passing its previous peak in December 2007 for the first time. Growth in all three main sectors. Read More
PPI – “Core” index now up 1.3% in year to November
New, replacement PPI system’s “Finished Services” showing annual rise of 1.5%. PPI Dataset covering existing and replacement system coming soon on the site.
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Retail Sales up 0.7% in November
Half of the increase came from the category of Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers. October’s total sales gain was revised up to 0.6% from the previously reported 0.4%. Read More