Economy in Brief: April 2014

Nonfarm payrolls grew 192,000 during March following a 197,000 February increase, initially reported as 175,000. The rise roughly matched expectations for a 195,000 increase in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The unemployment [...]

Nonfarm payrolls grew 192,000 during March following a 197,000 February increase, initially reported as 175,000. The rise roughly matched expectations for a 195,000 increase in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The unemployment [...]

Nonfarm payrolls grew 192,000 during March following a 197,000 February increase, initially reported as 175,000. The rise roughly matched expectations for a 195,000 increase in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The unemployment [...]

The services sector in the European Monetary Union edged lower in March to a level of 52.2 from a standing of 52.6 in February. The step back was small but interrupts an ongoing trend toward improvement at a time that recovery in the [...]

The outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported that job cut announcements declined to 34,399 (-30.2% y/y) during March, the lowest level since December. Layoffs fell m/m in the financial, food, telecommunications, [...]

The Composite Index for the service and construction sectors from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) bounced up last month to 53.1 after a sharp February decline to 51.6. The latest figure roughly matched expectations for 53.2 [...]

Initial claims for unemployment insurance rebounded to 326,000 during the week ended March 29 from a little-revised 310,000 in the prior week. Expectations had been for 317,000 claims in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The four- [...]

The U.S. foreign trade deficit of $42.3 billion in February compared to $39.3 billion in January, last month reported as $39.1 billion. A $39.0 billion deficit had been expected in the Action Economics Forecast Survey. The deficit's [...]