Recent Updates
- US: Adv Quarterly Servies (Q2), New Residential Construction (Jul), Consumer Sentiment (Aug-Prelim)
- Finland: Government Finance (Jul)
- US: Business Leaders Survey (Aug)
- Canada: Intl Transactions in Securities (Jun)
- more updates...
Economy in Brief
U.S. Home Builder Sentiment Improves Slightly
The NAHB-Wells Fargo Composite Housing Market Index rose to 66 in August...
U.S. Retail Sales Post A Strong Increase; Nonauto Sales Surge Unexpectedly
Total retail sales rose 0.7% (3.4% y/y) during July...
U.S. Industrial Production Lower on Manufacturing and Mining
Industrial production declined 0.2% during July (+0.5% y/y)...
U.S. Productivity Growth Increases in Q2, But Downward Revisions Shift Trend
Productivity in the nonfarm business sector grew at a greater-than-expected 2.3% seasonally adjusted annual rate during Q2’19...
U.S. Business Inventories Flat and Sales Edge Up in June
Total business inventories were unchanged m/m (+5.2% y/y) in June...
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.