Economy in Brief: March 2019

Total borrowing in U.S. financial markets decreased in Q4 2018, according to the Federal Reserve's Financial Accounts data, which were published Thursday, March 7. It totaled $1,826 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, [...]

In what has proved to be a ravaging week for markets and for the global economy and many individual forecasts, the German industrial orders series is at risk of getting a 15-yard penalty for piling on. German industrial orders fell by [...]

Total borrowing in U.S. financial markets decreased in Q4 2018, according to the Federal Reserve's Financial Accounts data, which were published Thursday, March 7. It totaled $1,826 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, [...]

The job market during February was filled with contrary indications, some pertaining to the unwinding effects of the government shutdown in January, and some due to adverse weather conditions. Nonfarm payrolls increased 20,000 last [...]

Total housing starts rebounded markedly in January, surging 18.6% m/m (but still down 7.8% y/y) to 1.230 million units at an annual rate after having collapsed 14.0% m/m in December to a slightly downwardly revised 1.037 million units [...]

The job market during February was filled with contrary indications. Nonfarm payrolls increased 20,000 last month (1.7% y/y) following a 311,000 gain, revised from 304,000. December's increase was revised up slightly to 227,000 from [...]

Initial claims for unemployment insurance were 225,000 in the week ended February 23... Continuing claims for unemployment insurance rose to 1.805 million in the February 16 week........... Initial claims for unemployment insurance [...]

It totaled $2,737 billion The Financial Accounts data are in Haver's FFUNDS database. Associated information is compiled in the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts produced jointly with the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); these are [...]