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US Trade Wars and You
By: Richard E Walrath and Patricia L Johnson Biggest, best, highest, lowest are all terms all too familiar with this Administration, so let us apply those terms to trade. On September 5, 2018 the monthly trade report was released indicating … Continue reading
FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE RELEASE – JUNE 17, 2015
June 17, 2015 Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the June 16-17 FOMC meeting June 17, 2015 Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
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Empire State Manufacturing Survey
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Tagged Empire State Manufacturing Survey, Federal Reserve
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FEDERAL RESERVE statistical release G.17 – March 16, 2015
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AND CAPACITY UTILIZATION
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Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization.
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Tagged Federal Reserve, Industrial Production, July 2012
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FRB: Testimony–Bernanke, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress–July 17, 2012
FRB: Testimony–Bernanke, Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress–July 17, 2012.
Economic Releases – Wednesday, September 7, 2011
FRB Beige Book Note: Release time is at 2 p.m. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Commercial Paper Federal Reserve Board (updated daily) Source: NBER
Economic Releases – Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Employment Trends Index (Conference Board) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Foreign Exchange Rates (H10) Note: Release time is at 4 p.m. ISM Service Index Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Selected Interest Rates Note: Release time is … Continue reading
Economic Releases – Friday, September 2, 2011
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Employment Situation (Includes Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate, Average Workweek, and Hourly Earnings) Commercial Paper Source: NBER
Economic Releases – Thursday, September 1, 2011
Auto Sales Note: Release time is at 5 p.m. Construction Spending / Construction Put in Place Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Euro Area Monetary Financial Institution (MFI) Interest Rate Statistics Note: Release time is at 4 a.m. Factors … Continue reading
FRB: FOMC Minutes, August 9, 2011
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, August 1 and August 9, 2011 Released by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System on August 30, 2011
Economic Releases – Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Case-Shiller Home Price Indices Note: Release time is at 9 a.m. Consumer Confidence Index (Conference Board) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Minutes Note: Release time is at 2 p.m. Minutes from the previous … Continue reading
Economic Releases – Monday, August 29, 2011
Foreign Exchange Rates (H10) Note: Release time is at 4 p.m. Pending Home Sales Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Personal Income and Outlays Selected Interest Rates Note: Release time is at 4:15 p.m. Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey Note: … Continue reading
Economic Releases – Friday, August 26, 2011
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries* Corporate Profits ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Survey Note: Release time is at 11 a.m. Monetary Developments in the Euro Area … Continue reading
Economic Releases – Thursday, August 25, 2011
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H41) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. Money Stock Measures (H6) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. SSI Annual Statistical Report* SSI … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, Factors affecting Reserve Balances, Fatal Occupational Industries, Federal Reserve, Money Stock Measures, Social Security Administration, Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, SSI Annual Report, SSI Monthly Statistics, Summer Youth Labor Force, Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (Initial Claims)
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Economic Releases – Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Mass Layoffs (Monthly) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. New Residential Sales (New Home Sales) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Richmond Fed Manufacturing Survey Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Richmond Fed Survey of Services and … Continue reading
Economic Releases – Monday, August 22, 2011
Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) Foreign Exchange Rates (H10) Note: Release time is at 4 p.m. Selected Interest Rates Note: Release time is at 4:15 p.m. Commercial Paper Economic and Financial Indicators (updated daily) Federal Reserve Board (updated daily) … Continue reading
Economic Indicators – Friday, August 19, 2011
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Monetary Trends Note: Release time is at 12 p.m. Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Survey of Current Business* Commercial Paper … Continue reading
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Tagged BEA, BLS, Business Cycle, Commercial Paper, Economic and Financial Indicators, ECRI Weekly Leading Index, Federal Reserve, federal reserve board, Monetary Trends, NBER, Regional and State Employment and Unemployment (Monthly), St. Louis Federal Reserve, Survey of Current Business
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Economic Indicators – Thursday, August 18, 2011
Annual Statistical Report on the Social Security Disability Insurance Program* Consumer Price Index (CPI) Existing Home Sales Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H41) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. International Update (covers recent … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, CPI, Department of Labor, Existing Home Sales, Federal Reserve, H41, Leading Indicators from the Conference Board, Money Stock Measures (H6), Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook, Philadelphia Federal Reserve, Real Earnings, Realtor.org, reserve balances, Social Security Disability Report, SSA, SSD, Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
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Economic Indicators – Wednesday August 17, 2011
Euro Area Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) statistics Euro Area Investment Fund Statistics European Central Bank (ECB) Balance of Payments MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Producer Price Index (PPI) Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey* Commercial Paper Economic and Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government, News and politics
Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, ECB, Euro Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, Euro Investment Fund Statistics, European Central Bank Balance of Payments, Federal Reserve, HICP, MBA Weekly Mortgage applications survey, Mortgage Bankers, PPI, Producer Price Index, Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
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Economic Releases – August 16, 2011
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (G17) Note: Release time is at 9:15 a.m. New Residential Construction (Housing Starts) Retail E-commerce Sales (Quarterly) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes Commercial Paper
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Tagged BLS, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau, Commercial Paper, economic indicators, Federal Reserve, housing starts, Import and Exports, Industrial Production and Capacity, New residential construction, Retail E-commerce sales
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Economic Indicators – August 15, 2011
Empire State Manufacturing Survey Foreign Exchange Rates (H10) Note: Release time is at 4 p.m. Harmonised Competitiveness Indicators for the Euro Area Note: Release time is at 4 a.m. Selected Interest Rates Note: Release time is at 4:15 p.m. Treasury … Continue reading
Economic Indicators – August 12, 2011
ECRI Weekly Leading Index Note: Release time is at 10:30 a.m. Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales (Business Inventories) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing* Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters Note: Release time … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, Business Cycle, Business Inventories, Census Bureau, Commercial Paper, ECRI Weekly Leading Index, Federal Reserve, Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales, MARTS, Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing, Philadelphia Fed Survey of Professional Forecasters, Philadelphia Federal Reserve, Retail and Food Service Sales, University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment
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Economic Releases – August 11, 2011
Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H41) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. Mass Layoffs (Monthly)* Mass Layoffs (Quarterly)* Money Stock Measures (H6) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims … Continue reading
Economic Releases – August 10, 2011
Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics Note: Release time is at 4 a.m. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) Note: Release time is at 10 a.m. Long-term Interest Rate Statistics for EU Member States Note: Release time is at 4 … Continue reading
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Tagged BEA, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Commercial Paper, Department of the Treasury, ECB INT, Euro Area Securities Issues Statistics, Federal Reserve, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, JOLTS, Long-term interest rate statistics for EU Member states, Mass Layoffs Monthly, MBA Weekly Mortgage applications survey, Monthly Treasury Statement, Monthly Wholesale Trade, Mortgage Bankers, MTIS, Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas, Sales and Inventories, The Monthly “Budget”
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Economic Releases for August 9, 2011
Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Statement Note: Release time is at 2:15 p.m. Personal Income for Metropolitan Areas (Annual) Note: Release time is at 9 a.m. Productivity and Costs (Quarterly) Commercial Paper
Economic Releases August 4, 2011
Economic releases scheduled for August 4, 2011 Factors Affecting Reserve Balances (H41) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. Money Stock Measures (H6) Note: Release time is at 4:30 p.m. Social Security Bulletin* Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report (Initial Claims) … Continue reading
Toward An Understanding of the Effects of Natural and Man-made Disasters on Unemployment and GDP -Or- Blame it All on Einstein
By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The massive earthquake registering 9.0 on the Richter scale struck Japan on March 11, 2011 and was followed by a gigantic tsunami causing untold damage resulting in the meltdown of three nuclear … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, consumer confidence, Daiwa Institute of Research, Earthquake, Emergency Declarations, Federal Reserve, FEMA, Fire Management Assistance, Fukushima Power Plant, GDP, Great East Japn Earthquake, Japan, Major US Disasters, March 11, NOAA, Richter Scale, Tornado Deaths, Unemployment, United States
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