Goldman July Payrolls Preview
A few brief excerpts from a note by Goldman Sachs economist Spencer Hill:We estimate nonfarm payroll growth slowed to +1.0mn in July after +4.8mn in...
Author : Calculated Risk
July Employment Preview
On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for July. The consensus is for an increase of 1.58 million non-farm...
Las Vegas Real Estate in July: Sales up 4% YoY, Inventory down 35% YoY
This report is for closed sales in July; sales are counted at the close of escrow, so the contracts for these homes were mostly signed...
Thursday: Unemployment Claims, NY Fed Q2 Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit
Thursday:• At 8:30 AM ET, The initial weekly unemployment claims report will be released. The consensus is for a 1.415 million initial claims, down from...
August 5 COVID-19 Test Results
The number of tests per day has been declining. It is not clear if this is a testing problem or a reporting problem.The US is...
The Changing Mix of Light Vehicle Sales
The relatively low gasoline prices made me take another look at the mix of vehicles being sold.This graph shows the percent of light vehicle sales...
ADP: Private Employment increased 167,000 in July
From ADP: Private sector employment increased by 167,000 jobs from June to July according to the July ADP National Employment Report®. ... The report, which...
MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly SurveyMortgage applications decreased 5.1 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage...
Wednesday: ADP Employment, Trade Deficit, ISM non-Mfg
Wednesday:• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.• At 8:15 AM, The ADP...
August 4 COVID-19 Test Results
The US is now mostly reporting over 700,000 tests per day. Based on the experience of other countries, the percent positive needs to be well...