Archive for April, 2007
New Home Sales
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a C+.
Source: The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
Release Time: 10:00 ET around the last business day of the month (data for month prior).
The report indicates the level of new privately owned one-family houses sold and for sale. New home sales usually have a lagged reaction to changing mortgage [...]
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NAPM
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits an A-.
Source: National Association of Purchasing Managers.
Release Time: 10:00 ET on the first business day of the month for the prior month.
In Brief: The NAPM report is a national survey of purchasing managers which covers such indicators as new orders, production, employment, inventories, delivery times, prices, export orders, and import [...]
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Money Supply
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits an F.
Source: Federal Reserve Board.
Release Time: Every Thursday at 16:30 ET, data for the week ended two Mondays prior.
In Brief: Money supply figures, and M1 specifically, once were the most important release to watch in the Treasury market, as the Fed directly targetted M1 growth in the early 1980s. The [...]
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Leading Indicators
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a C-.
Source: The Conference Board.
Release Time: 8:30 ET around the third week of the month for the month prior.
In Brief: The Leading Indicators report is, for the most part, a compendium of previously announced economic indicators: new orders, jobless claims, money supply, average workweek, building permits, and stock prices. Therefore, [...]
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International Trade
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a C+.
Source: The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of Commerce.
Release Time: 8:30 ET around the 20th of the month (data for two months prior).
The trade report is most widely watched for trends in the overall trade balance. But trends in both exports and imports [...]
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Industrial Production
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a B-.
Source: Federal Reserve.
Release Time: 9:15 ET around the 15th of the month (data for month prior).
The index of Industrial Production is a fixed-weight measure of the physical output of the nation’s factories, mines, and utilities. Manufacturing production, the largest component of the total, can be accurately predicted using total [...]
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Housing Starts And Building Permits
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a B-.
Source: The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce
Release Time: 8:30 ET around the 16th of the month (data for one month prior).
Housing Starts are a measure of the number of residential units on which construction is begun each month. A start in construction is defined as the beginning [...]
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GDP: Gross Domestic Product
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a B.
Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Release Time: Third or fourth week of the month at 8:30 ET for the prior quarter, with subsequent revisions released in the second and third months of the quarter.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the the broadest measure of economic activity. Annualized [...]
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Factory Orders
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a D+.
Source: The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
Release Time: 10:00 ET around the first business day of the month (data for two months prior).
Factory orders consist of the earlier announced durable goods report plus non-durable goods orders. The report is very predictable with nondurables the only new component. [...]
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Export / Import Prices
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits an D.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Release Time: Typically in the second week of the month at 8:30 ET for the prior month
Though not a market-moving release, export/import prices are a useful indication of inflation pressures created by changes in foreign exchange rates. For example, when the [...]
