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Data Round-Up: UI Claims Holding Near Structural Lows
FMI’s reviews of the latest Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic data and the June Import/Export Prices report.
Data Round-Up: 'Gray' July Retail Sales Point to Softer 14Q3 Consumption Growth
FMI’s analyses of today’s July Retail Sales and June Business Inventories reports as well as an updated look at 14Q2 GDP Sources & Assumptions.
2nd Quarter GDP, Consumption Worse than 1997
The fallbacks in consumption and GDP were both markedly worse this April-June than after the analogous tax hike in 1997.
Data Round-Up: NFIB, JOLTS Show Improving Labor Markets, Rising Wages
FMI’s reviews of today’s July NFIB Small Business Optimism Index and June Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey data.
Currencies and Japanese Vs. Korean Exports
One of the big surprises to most economists was how little Japan’s exports have responded to the 22% depreciation of the yen since autumn 2012.
Fed ‘Macroprudential Policy’ No Substitute for Proper Rates
FMI’s commentary on the Fed’s new emphasis on regulatory policy.
FMI Weekly Data Preview: August 11-15
FMI’s Preview of this week’s major data reports. With conditions uncertain and likely deteriorating in both Ukraine and the Middle East, geopolitics will continue to be in the forefront.
Data Round-Up: 14Q2 Productivity Solid But Trend Still Weak, Compensation Improving
FMI’s analysis of today's 14Q2 Productivity and Labor Costs data and a review of June Wholesale Inventories results.
Data Round-Up: Initial UI Claims Fall to 8-Year-Low
FMI’s review of the latest Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic data.
GOP Gets Tough on TPP
Many in Japan were shocked when Republicans on Capitol Hill began castigating President Barack Obama for being too soft on Japan regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiations.