Recent Updates
- China: GDP (Q4)
- China: Bank Foreign Receipts and Payments (Dec)
- US: New Residential Construction, IP & Capacity Utilization (Dec), JOLTS (Nov), Consumer Sentiment (Prelim-Jan)
- more updates...
Economy in Brief
U.S. Industrial Production Lower on Utilities
Industrial production declined 0.3% in December on a weather-driven drop in utility output...
U.S. JOLTS: Job Openings Decline as Hiring Turns Tepid
U.S. JOLTS: Job Openings Decline as Hiring Turns Tepid...
U.S. Housing Affordability Edged Up in November
The NAR U.S. Fixed Rate Mortgage Housing Affordability Index edged up 0.3% m/m (13.9% y/y) to 163.8 in November ...
Euro Area Trade Surplus Shrinks
The EMU current account surplus fell to 33.94 billion euros in November...
Petroleum Drives Import Prices Higher, Uncommon Rounding Issue Causes Larger Decline in Export Prices
Import prices rose 0.3% in December as fuel prices jumped 2.8%...
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.