Economy in Brief

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) declined 2.0% during the four weeks ended Friday and 4.0% over the last year. The price index had been increasing as [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) declined 2.0% during the four weeks ended Friday and 4.0% over the last year. The price index had been increasing as [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) declined 2.0% during the four weeks ended Friday and 4.0% over the last year. The price index had been increasing as [...]

The economy watchers index is at odds with itself this month and recently. The current index rose to 41.9 in January from 39.7 in December, its third month-to-month improvement in a row. But the future index fell to 41.8 in January [...]

The labor market strengthened as the new year began. Nonfarm payroll employment during January increased 225,000 (1.5% y/y) after rising 147,000 in December, revised from 145,000. November employment rose 261,000, revised from [...]

• Consumer credit jumped $22.1 billion in December. • Credit growth for 2019 was fairly steady at 4.7% versus 4.8% in 2018. Consumer credit outstanding increased $22.1 billion (4.7% year-on-year) to $4.197 trillion in December, [...]

The labor market strengthened as the new year began. Nonfarm payroll employment during January increased 225,000 (1.5% y/y) after rising 147,000 in December, revised from 145,000. November employment rose 261,000, revised from [...]

Wholesale inventories edged down 0.2% m/m (+2.1% y/y) in December after an upwardly revised 0.1% m/m rise in November (initially -0.1% m/m). The Informa Global Markets Survey anticipated a 0.1% decline in December. For all of Q4, [...]