Recent Updates
- US: Consumer Sentiment (Feb-final), Chicago PMI (Feb),Personal Income, Adv Trade & Inventories (Jan)
- US: Consumer Sentiment Detail (Feb-final)
- Canada: Industrial Product Prices (Jan)
- UK: Motor Vehicle Production (Jan)
- more updates...
Economy in Brief
Chicago Business Barometer Declines Sharply in February
The ISM-Chicago Purchasing Managers Business Barometer fell 4.3 points in February to 59.5...
Goods Trade Deficit Widened Slightly in January
The advance estimate of the U.S. trade deficit in goods widened slightly to $83.74 billion in January..
Japan's Industrial Sector Mounts a Comeback
Japan's IP surged in January gaining 4.3% compared to December...
Aircraft Orders Boost U.S. Durable Goods Orders in January
Manufacturers' orders for durable goods increased a much larger-than-expected 3.4% m/m (4.5% y/y) in January...
Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index Increases Again in February
The Kansas City Fed reported that its manufacturing sector business activity index rose to 24 in February...
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.