Economy in Brief

The early reporters of August's HICP that are ‘original' EMU members are listed in the table. EMU inflation is low; most member inflation rates are low and below the pace set for the EMU-wide HICP itself. There are no country level [...]

Wholesale inventories increased 0.2% during July (7.1% y/y) after a 0.1% dip in June, revised from unchanged. The gain matched expectations in the Informa Global Markets Survey. Durable goods inventories eased 0.2% (+8.7% y/y) in July [...]

The Producer Price Index for final demand edged 0.1% higher during August (1.8% y/y) following a 0.2% July rise. A 0.1% gain had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. Producer prices excluding food & energy [...]

The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index increased 2.0% w/w (+68.9% y/y) in the week ending September 6, following 3.1% w/w and 6.2% w/w declines in the previous two weeks. Applications to [...]

The U.S. pump price for gasoline slipped to $2.55 per gallon (-10.0% y/y) in the week ended September 9 from the prior week's $2.56 per gallon. Prices have fallen for eight consecutive weeks. Haver Analytics adjusts price figures for [...]

These data are reported by the U.S. Department of Energy. The price data can be found in Haver's WEEKLY and DAILY databases. More detail on prices, as well as the demand, production and inventory data, including regional breakdowns, [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the total job openings rate slipped to 4.5% during July from an unrevised 4.6% in June. It remained below the 4.8% record reached in January. The job openings rate is the job openings level [...]

Manufacturing industrial production shows limited declines in July with only three of the early European reports showing drops (Germany, Italy and tiny Malta). However, there is not enough here to suggest that the period of weakness [...]