05|26|2026
Housing and Building: Pending Home Sales rose 1.4% (MoM)(Apr). Housing Starts dropped 2.8% (MoM)(Apr). Housing Starts dropped 2.8% (MoM)(Apr), with an annualized number of 1.465m. MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate...
05|18|2026
Consumer Goods & Materials: Consumer Price Index (CPI) continued its upward trend in April, rising 0.6% (MoM). The annual measure increased 3.8%, the highest level since 2023. Producer Price...
05|11|2026
Unemployment: Jobs were front and center this week. Nonfarm Payrolls rose 115K (MoM)(Apr), for the second consecutive monthly increase. JOLTS Job Openings fell slightly from 6.922M (Feb) to 6.866M...
05|04|2026
Consumer Goods & Materials: Core PCE Price Index slowed from 0.4% in February to 0.3% in March (MoM). The annual measure increased 3.2%, which was up from February but...
04|27|2026
Retail Sales: U.S. retail sales rose 1.7% in March (MoM), the strongest monthly increase since 2023. Excluding volatile gas, autos, and food, the measure rose by 0.6%. Retail Sales...
04|20|2026
Consumer Goods & Materials: Producer Price Index (PPI) held steady in March at 0.5% (MoM), which was lower than expected. The annual measure increased 4.0%, up from February but below the forecast. PPI is a leading indicator of consumer...
04|13|2026
Consumer Goods & Materials: Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% (MoM)(Mar), which followed a 0.3% increase in February. The annual measure increased 3.3%, up from a 2.4% reading in February. The increase is...
04|06|2026
Unemployment: Jobs were front and center this week. Nonfarm Payrolls showed an increase of 178K jobs in March, which was better than expected. JOLTS job openings fell from 7.240...
03|30|2026
S&P 500: The index declined for the fifth consecutive week, falling 137.63 points to close at 6,368.85 (down 6.96% YTD). The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) rose from 23.8 to...
03|23|2026
Consumer Goods & Materials: Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.7% in February (MoM), higher than forecast and the top reading since last July. The annual measure increased 3.4%. PPI...
