Economy in Brief: 2014

The EMU producer price index rose by 0.2% in June as its year-over-year drop was cut to just -0.1%. The trend for the PPI is not absolutely clear from the sequential growth rates since there is a speedup drop from 12 months to six [...]

According to the Autodata Corporation, sales of light vehicles declined 2.5% during July to 16.48 million units (SAAR). Sales still were 4.6% higher y/y. Moreover, sales were 2.7% higher versus December and up 82.2% since the [...]

Personal income increased 0.4% during June (3.9% y/y) after a 0.4% rise in May. Consensus expectations had anticipated a 0.4% gain. Wages & salaries were also up 0.4% in both May and June (4.9% y/y). Proprietors' income was also up [...]

The Composite Index of Manufacturing Sector Activity from the Institute for Supply Management increased to 57.1 during July versus an unrevised 55.3 in June. The reading was the highest since April 2011 and exceeded consensus [...]

The rate of job market improvement toned down a bit last month. Nonfarm payrolls increased 209,000 during July following upwardly-revised gains of 298,000 and 229,000 during the prior two months. The increase fell short of [...]

The Markit EMU manufacturing PMI was flat in July at 51.8. At that level the EMU metric stands in the 61st percentile in its historic queue. Germany, the usual manufacturing leader in Europe, has its manufacturing PMI in the fifth [...]

The rate of job market improvement toned down a bit last month. Nonfarm payrolls increased 209,000 during July following upwardly-revised gains of 298,000 and 229,000 during the prior two months. The increase fell short of [...]

Initial unemployment insurance claims rebounded to 302,000 (-9.3% y/y) during the week ended July 26 from 279,000 in the week prior, earlier reported as 284,000. The four-week moving average of initial claims, nevertheless, fell to [...]