Recent Updates
- UK Regional: Weather Statistics by Region (Mar), Income & Tax by Region/City (2017)
- World Bank: Commodity Prices (Mar)
- J.P. Morgan Global Services Sector PMIs (Mar)
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Economy in Brief
U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Collapse; Jobless Rate Surges by Almost One Point
The job market unwound during March...
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Double to 6.6 Million
Initial jobless claims for unemployment insurance were 6.648 million (3,051% y/y) in the week ending March 28...
U.S. Light Vehicle Sales Tumble
Auto showrooms quiet as coronavirus flares up...
U.S. Factory Orders, Shipments & Inventories Ease Ahead of Coronavirus
Factory orders fell slightly (+0.1% y/y) during February...
U.S. Trade Deficit Continued to Narrow in February
The foreign trade deficit in goods and services fell significantly...
Joseph Aguinaldo is the Director of Data Research and Analytics at Haver Analytics where he manages a team of economists who write economic commentaries and a team of research analysts who conduct quality assurance checks on economic data and organize the data content of Haver's various economic databases.
He has more than 20 years of experience in time series analysis and forecasting with primary emphasis on seasonal adjustment. In addition to generating moving holiday regressors for seasonal adjustment of monthly and quarterly time series for emerging market economies, he has also applied techniques developed by the Federal Reserve Board to seasonal adjustment of weekly time series.
Joseph received his Ph.D. in Economics from Fordham University in 2000.