Economy in Brief: November 2011

There is job growth, despite the subjective impressions among observers that there is not. Yesterday (November 17), yet another such indicator was reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Their quarterly Business Employment [...]

There is job growth, despite the subjective impressions among observers that there is not. Yesterday (November 17), yet another such indicator was reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Their quarterly Business Employment [...]

The PPI’s across EMU have showing a broad trend toward deceleration, The German number is a fresh release, only Austria, Finland, and the UK have October numbers out. Germany also reports out a core PPI that is decelerating; the UK [...]

The Conference Board reported that its Leading Economic Indicators index rose 0.9% during October following a 0.1% September rise, revised down from 0.2% reported last month. The gain beat the Consensus forecast for a 0.6% increase. [...]

Retail sales or retail therapy? While Europe is weak and policies are contentious and the UK has been drawn into the backbiting as well...and as the UK consumer has been steadily losing confidence, perhaps as an observer of this [...]

For the second consecutive month, the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank's index of the regional factory sector remained in positive territory. The November General Activity index slipped to 3.6 from an unrevised 8.7 in October. Both [...]

Initial claims for jobless insurance fell last week to 388,000 from 393,000 (revised from 390,000) during the week prior. The latest figure was the lowest since the first week of April and compared to 395,000 expected in the Action [...]

In a somewhat confusing housing starts report, the latest indication is that activity continues to improve. The level of starts overall slipped to 628,000 (AR) during October from 630,000 in September, revised down from 658,000 [...]