Economy in Brief: 2019

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services declined to $52.45 billion in September from a little-revised 55.04 billion in August. A $52.5 billion deficit had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. Exports eased 0.9% [...]

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services declined to $52.45 billion in September from a little-revised $55.04 billion in August. A $52.5 billion deficit had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. Exports eased 0.9% [...]

Retail gasoline prices ticked up to $2.61 per gallon last week (-5.4% year-on-year) from $2.60 in the previous week, Gasoline prices have been range-bound since early August. Haver Analytics constructs factors adjusting for the [...]

The Composite Index of Nonmanufacturing Sector Activity from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) increased more than expected to 54.7 during October from 52.6 in September. August's reading was 56.4. Despite October's rise, the [...]

The euro area PPI was weak again in September with the headline series (excluding construction) fall after falling by 0.5% a month ago. The 12-month change marks a decline of 1.3% and is weakest showing for the PPI in three years. Is [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the total job openings rate fell to 4.4% during September from 4.6% in August, revised from 4.4%. It remained below the 4.8% record in January. The job openings rate is the job openings [...]

The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services declined to $52.45 billion in September from a little-revised $55.04 billion in August. A $52.5 billion deficit had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. Exports eased 0.9% [...]

The Composite Index of Nonmanufacturing Sector Activity from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) increased more than expected to 54.7 during October from 52.6 in September. August's reading was 56.4. Despite October's rise, the [...]