Economy in Brief

• Activity index declines to -0.35 in December. • Three-month average at -0.23 suggests below trend growth for Q4. • Production and income indicators led the decline. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s National Activity Index [...]

• Activity index declines to -0.35 in December. • Three-month average at -0.23 suggests below trend growth for Q4. • Production and income indicators led the decline. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's National Activity Index [...]

Retail gasoline prices fell to $2.54 per gallon (+12.7% y/y) in the week ended January 20 from $2.57 per gallon in the previous week. Haver Analytics adjusts prices for seasonal variation. The seasonally adjusted gasoline price eased [...]

The ZEW financial experts, out of 38 assessments, find that there is more strength in 32 of them. The sweep of the change in assessments is undeniably higher in January. The economic situation has four above 50 percentile standings [...]

The ZEW financial experts, out of 38 assessments, find that there is more strength in 32 of them. The sweep of the change in assessments is undeniably higher in January. The economic situation has four above 50 percentile standings [...]

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported that its Nonmanufacturing Business Index of current general activity at the company level rebounded to 23.5 during January after declining to 9.1 in December. The index of expected [...]

The Industrial Materials Price Index from the Foundation for International Business and Economic Research (FIBER) increased 1.2% during the four weeks ended Friday and 3.8% over the last three months. The price index increased 1.1% [...]

Fueled by low interest rates and a strong job market, new home building strengthened during December. Housing starts jumped 16.9% (40.8% y/y) to 1.608 million (AR) from November's 1.375 million...... The housing starts and permits [...]