04|04|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | April 1, 2022

Highlights from the April 1st Leading Indicator Watch: The unemployment rate dropped lower to 3.6% as initial job claims remained at historic lows, rising by 202k. JOLTS Job Openings...

03|28|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | March 25, 2022

Highlights from the March 25th Leading Indicator Watch: Initial jobless claims fell to 187k, the lowest figure in over 52 years. Continuing claims continued its downward trend, falling to...

02|28|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | February 25, 2022

Highlights from the February 25th Leading Indicator Watch: The money supply, including time deposits, rose by $202B to $21.840T (Jan). Money supply is currently running 91% of current GDP....

02|22|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | February 18, 2022

Highlights from the February 18th Leading Indicator Watch: Retail sales (YoY)(Jan) rose 3.8% which came in well above forecasts of 2%. This is the highest figure since April 2021....

01|31|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | January 28, 2022

Highlights from the January 28th Leading Indicator Watch: Preliminary figures for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (QoQ)(Q4) rose by 6.9% which tripled the increase in Q3. Be sure to check...

01|24|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | January 21, 2022

Highlights from the January 21st Leading Indicator Watch: The S&P 500 fell 264.91 points for the week, ending at 4,397.94 and is down 7.73% YTD. The VIX (CBOE Volatility...

01|03|2022

Leading Indicator Watch | December 31, 2021

Highlights from the December 31st Leading Indicator Watch: Initial jobless claims fell lower to 198k and continuing jobless claims decreased to 1,716k from 1,856k; a welcome sign to finish...

12|27|2021

Leading Indicator Watch | December 24, 2021

Highlights from the December 24th Leading Indicator Watch: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (December) rose to 70.6 from 67.4. Be sure to check out more of last week’s Leading Indicators here...

12|20|2021

Leading Indicator Watch | December 17, 2021

Highlights from the December 17th Leading Indicator Watch: Housing starts jumped by 11.8% (MoM)(Nov) for the first positive week in 3 months and building permits rose by 3.6% (MoM)(Nov)....

11|22|2021

Leading Indicator Watch | November 19, 2021

Highlights from the November 19th Leading Indicator Watch: Retail sales rose more than expected, 1.7% (Oct). The Capacity Utilization rate extended to 76.4% (Oct). Be sure to check out...