09|26|2022
Highlights from the September 23, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Building permits (MoM)(Aug) dropped -10% and Existing Home Sales (MoM)(Aug) fell -.4% which marked the 7th straight month of decline....
09|19|2022
Highlights from the September 16, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Core CPI rose .6% (MoM)(Aug) rising above forecasts of .3%. The Fed will likely announce another large rate hike in...
09|12|2022
Highlights from the September 9, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: The S&P 500 rose 143.15 points, ending at 4,067.41 and is down 14.66% YTD. The VIX (CBOE Volatility Index) remained...
09|06|2022
Highlights from the September 2, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Nonfarm Payrolls added for August totaled 315k, down from 526k in July. The unemployment rate edged up to 3.7% from...
08|29|2022
Highlights from the August 26, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Core Durable Goods Orders (MoM)(Jul) rose .3%; Durables (Excl Defense & Air)(MoM)(Jul) rose .4% which was positive given other poor...
08|22|2022
Highlights from the August 19, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Three primary indicators reported for housing – Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Existing Home sales — fell -1.3%, -9.6% and...
08|15|2022
Highlights from the August 12, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Aug) rose to 55.1 from 51.5 (Jul) which coincided with falling energy prices. Be sure to...
08|08|2022
Highlights from the August 5, 2022 Leading Indicator Watch: Nonfarm Payrolls (Jul) added 528k jobs compared to an estimated 250k. Unemployment rate fell to a pre-pandemic low, 3.5%, supporting...
08|01|2022
Highlights from the July 29th Leading Indicator Watch: GDP (QoQ)(Q2) fell again by -.9%, indicating slowing growth in the US. The NBER, however, uses other factors in ultimately determining...
07|25|2022
Highlights from the July 22nd Leading Indicator Watch: Existing home sales continued their slide for a 5th consecutive month, falling -5.4% (Jun). Housing starts also fell -2% (Jun) on...
