Economy in Brief: 2005

US retail sales rose 0.5% last month and about matched Consensus expectations. The gain was accompanied, however, by an upward revision to January sales which are now estimated to have risen 0.3% versus the initial report of a 0.3% [...]

US retail sales rose 0.5% last month and about matched Consensus expectations. The gain was accompanied, however, by an upward revision to January sales which are now estimated to have risen 0.3% versus the initial report of a 0.3% [...]

US retail sales rose 0.5% last month and about matched Consensus expectations. The gain was accompanied, however, by an upward revision to January sales which are now estimated to have risen 0.3% versus the initial report of a 0.3% [...]

Japan's second estimate of last year's fourth quarter Real Gross Domestic Product changed the previously reported decline of 0.12% from the third to the fourth quarter to an increase of 0.20%. In nominal terms, the second estimate [...]

The Leading Index of the Big 7 OECD economies rose 0.2% in January for the third consecutive month. The steady rise lifted six month growth in the index to its best since September. During the last ten years there has been a 69% [...]

The Leading Index of the Big 7 OECD economies rose 0.2% in January for the third consecutive month. The steady rise lifted six month growth in the index to its best since September. During the last ten years there has been a 69% [...]

The Census Bureau reports trade data in a number of ways, and Haver banks a good deal of them in regional databases. The REGIONAL database includes a monthly summary of exports of goods by state, which is released at the same time as [...]

The U.S. foreign trade deficit in January reversed most of the prior month's improvement and deepened to $58.3B. The December deficit was revised shallower. Consensus expectations had been for a January deficit of $56.5B. Total [...]