Economy in Brief: 2018

Retail gasoline prices increased to $2.52 per gallon (6.0% y/y) last week, the highest level since late November. Haver Analytics constructs factors adjusting for the seasonal variation in gasoline pump prices. At $2.64 per gallon, [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) rose 1.3% during the last four weeks and gained 6.7% during all of 2017. That increase followed a 19.2% rise in 2016 and [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) rose 1.3% during the last four weeks and gained 6.7% during all of 2017. That increase followed a 19.2% rise in 2016 and [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) rose 1.3% during the last four weeks and gained 6.7% during all of 2017. That increase followed a 19.2% rise in 2016 and [...]

Germany, France and all of the EMU are on six-year highs for manufacturing. The EMU reading is at an all-time high from the late-1990s when the series originated. There are very few weak readings in absolute terms even so the strength [...]