- Total construction gains for the 12th consecutive month; Jan. and Dec. revised up.
- Residential private construction rises for the seventh straight month, led by single-family building.
- Nonresidential private construction posts the smallest gain in eight months.
- Public sector construction falls for the third time in four months.
Introducing
Winnie Tapasanun
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Winnie Tapasanun has been working for Haver Analytics since 2013. She has 20+ years of working in the financial services industry. As Vice President and Economic Analyst at Globicus International, Inc., a New York-based company specializing in macroeconomics and financial markets, Winnie oversaw the company’s business operations, managed financial and economic data, and wrote daily reports on macroeconomics and financial markets. Prior to working at Globicus, she was Investment Promotion Officer at the New York Office of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) where she wrote monthly reports on the U.S. economic outlook, wrote reports on the outlook of key U.S. industries, and assisted investors on doing business and investment in Thailand. Prior to joining the BOI, she was Adjunct Professor teaching International Political Economy/International Relations at the City College of New York. Prior to her teaching experience at the CCNY, Winnie successfully completed internships at the United Nations. Winnie holds an MA Degree from Long Island University, New York. She also did graduate studies at Columbia University in the City of New York and doctoral requirements at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her areas of specialization are international political economy, macroeconomics, financial markets, political economy, international relations, and business development/business strategy. Her regional specialization includes, but not limited to, Southeast Asia and East Asia. Winnie is bilingual in English and Thai with competency in French. She loves to travel (~30 countries) to better understand each country’s unique economy, fascinating culture and people as well as the global economy as a whole.
Publications by Winnie Tapasanun
USA| Apr 01 2022U.S. Construction Spending Rises Less Than Expected in February
USA| Mar 16 2022U.S. Import and Export Prices Continue to Rise in February
- Import prices rise 1.4% in Feb. as fuel prices jump 6.9%.
- Excluding fuels, import prices increase 0.8%.
- Export prices advance a record 3.0% with both ag export prices and nonag export prices up 3.0%.
- General business activity at a four-month high and company outlook up but at a lesser extent.
- Production declines slightly, still suggesting above-average output growth.
- New orders growth holds steady, albeit at an above-average level.
- Current employment at a one-year low but still at an elevated level; future employment down slightly.
- Price received at a four-month high and price paid at a three-month high; both near record levels.
USA| Feb 24 2022Chicago Fed National Activity Index Rebounds in January
- January CFNAI at 0.69, a three-month high, indicates a pickup in U.S. economic growth.
- Two of four components decline slightly, but all four show positive readings.
USA| Feb 18 2022U.S. Retail E-Commerce Sales Rebound in Q4'21
- Sales +1.7% q/q, the third q/q gain in four quarters; +9.4% y/y.
- Increase in sales led by general merchandise (+75.5% q/q), partially offset by motor vehicles & parts (-0.8% q/q).
- Import prices increase 2.0% in Jan. as fuel prices jump 9.3%, the largest m/m gain since Oct.
- Excluding fuels, import prices rise a record 1.4%.
- Export prices jump a record 2.9% with ag export prices up 3.0% and nonag export prices up 2.9%.
USA| Jan 27 2022U.S. Pending Home Sales Unexpectedly Decline in December
- Pending home sales -3.8% m/m, the second straight monthly drop and the largest since April.
- The December index at 117.7, the lowest level since September.
- Sales fall m/m and y/y in all the major regions with the deepest fall in the West (-10.0% m/m; -16.2% y/y).
USA| Jan 14 2022U.S. Import and Export Prices Unexpectedly Fall in December
- Import prices decline 0.2% in December as fuel prices drop 6.5%.
- Excluding fuels, import prices rise 0.5%.
- Export prices fall 1.8% as nonagricultural export prices decrease 2.1%.
- General business activity at a three-month low but company outlook at a four-month high.
- Production slips, still showing solid output growth.
- Current new orders growth down slightly but still at an elevated level.
- Current employment at an eight-month high, showing robust employment growth.
- Price received ticks up, but price paid falls to a nine-month low.
USA| Dec 22 2021U.S. Existing Home Sales Rise in November to a 10-Month High
- Sales increase for the fifth time in six months.
- November regional sales patterns are mostly positive.
- Median price at a three-month high; price in the South at a record high.
Global| Dec 30 2020U.S. Pending Home Sales Post the Third Consecutive M/M Fall in November
• Pending home sales fall for the third straight month. • Sales drop in all the major regions. Pending home sales fell 2.6% (+16.4% y/y) in November, the third consecutive m/m fall, after a 0.9% drop in October, according to data [...]
- Global| Oct 29 2020
U.S. Pending Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall in September
• Pending home sales fall for the first time since April. • Sales drop in all the major regions except in the Northeast. Pending home sales fell 2.2% (+20.5% y/y) in September, the first m/m fall since April, after an 8.8% rise in [...]
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