BLS: CPI decreased 0.1% in March, Core CPI increased 0.2%
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.2 percent in February,...
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MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest Weekly Survey, Purchase Index Down YoY
From the MBA: Mortgage Applications Decrease in Latest MBA Weekly SurveyMortgage applications decreased 1.9 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage...
Wednesday: CPI, FOMC Minutes
From Matthew Graham at Mortgage News Daily: Mortgage Rates Still Sideways Ahead of Key Inflation DataMortgage rates were roughly unchanged again today. Some lenders were...
Port of Long Beach: Record Port Traffic in Q1 2018
From the Port of Long Beach: Port of Long Beach Breaks 1st Quarter RecordThe Port of Long Beach has completed its best-ever first quarter, with...
Q1 Review: Ten Economic Questions for 2018
At the end of last year, I posted Ten Economic Questions for 2018. I followed up with a brief post on each question. The goal...
Philly Fed: State Coincident Indexes increased in 46 states in February
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released the coincident indexes for the 50 states for February 2018. Over the past three months, the indexes...
Small Business Optimism Index decreased in March, “Difficulty of finding qualified workers” is Top Problem
From the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB): March 2018 Report: Small Business Optimism IndexThe 104.7 March reading, down from 107.6 in February, remains among...
Merle Hazard: “A trucking song for the information age”
Tuesday:• At 6:00 AM ET, NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for March.• At 8:30 AM, The Producer Price Index for March from the BLS. The...
Hotels: Occupancy Rate DownYear-over-Year
From HotelNewsNow.com: STR: US hotel results for week ending 31 MarchThe U.S. hotel industry reported mixed year-over-year results in the three key performance metrics during...
Weather Adjusted Employment
Note: Before the employment report is released each month, Chicago Fed economist Francois Gourio provides an estimate of the impact of weather on employment (this...