06|06|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | June 3, 2022
Highlights from the June 3rd Leading Indicator Watch: Continuing Jobless claims fell to 1,309k from 1,343k and initial jobless claims fell to 200k from 211k. JOLTs Job Openings (Apr)...
05|30|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | May 27, 2022
Highlights from the May 27th Leading Indicator Watch: Personal spending remained steady even with cost pressures, rising .9% for the month of April. Be sure to check out more...
05|23|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | May 20, 2022
Highlights from the May 20th Leading Indicator Watch: Building Permits, Housing Starts and Existing Home Sales (MoM)(Apr) declined by -3.2%, -.2% and -2.4%, respectively, with rising interest rates &...
05|16|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | May 13, 2022
Highlights from the May 13th Leading Indicator Watch: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (May) fell to 59.1 from 65.2 (April). Missing expectations of a slip to 64.0. Be sure to check...
05|10|2022
Signs of Hope? | May 6, 2022
Another down week led by the NASDAQ. Are there signs of hope in the long term forecast though? Monday S&P 500 0.57% | NASDAQ 1.63% Equity markets were...
05|09|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | May 6, 2022
Highlights from the May 6th Leading Indicator Watch: Continuing Jobless claims fell to 1,384k from 1,403k. Initial jobless claims rose to 200k from 181k. JOLTS Job Openings (Mar) rose...
05|02|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | April 29, 2022
Highlights from the April 29th Leading Indicator Watch: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (April) rose to 65.2 from 59.4 (Mar) following poor inflation figures. Personal Spending rose 1.1% during this time....
04|25|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | April 22, 2022
Highlights from the April 22nd Leading Indicator Watch: Housing starts rose .3% (Mar) compared to 6.5% (Feb). Building permits rose .4% from -1.6% (same period). 30 year mortgage rates...
04|18|2022
Leading Indicator Watch | April 15, 2022
Highlights from the April 15th Leading Indicator Watch: Preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment (April) jumped in the midst of high inflation figures rising from 59.4 to 65.7. Be sure to...
04|12|2022
The Neutral Economy | April 8, 2022
The Federal Reserve is trying to put the economy into ‘neutral’. What does it all mean for growth? Monday S&P 500 0.81% | NASDAQ 1.90% Ukraine regained territory in...