Archive for 'Economic Indicators'
Wholesale Trade
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 fifth business day of the month (data for two months prior).
The wholesale trade report includes sales and inventory statistics from the second stage of the manufacturing process. The sales figures say close to nothing about [...]
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Weekly Chain Store Sales
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): Both of these releases merit a D+.
Source: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and LJR Redbook
Release Time: Mitsubishi: 9:00 ET each Tuesday (data for week ended prior Saturday); Redbook: 14:55 ET each Tuesday (data in the form of a running monthly total for the week ended prior Saturday).
Note that the release times for these private surveys [...]
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The Michigan Index
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a B-.
Source: The University of Michigan.
Release Time: Preliminary: 10:00 ET on the second Friday of the month (data for current month); Final: 10:00 ET on the fourth Friday of the month (data for current month).
The Michigan index is almost identical to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence index, though there are [...]
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Treasure Budget
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a D.
Source: U.S. Treasury Department.
Release Time: 14:00 ET, about the third week of the month for the prior month.
In Brief: The monthly Treasury budget data follow strong seasonal patterns which produce huge month-to-month fluctuations in the deficit. These fluctuations tell us little about long term budget trends. To the extent [...]
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The Employment Report
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits an A.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Release Time: First Friday of the month at 8:30 ET for the prior month
In Brief: The employment report is actually two separate reports which are the results of two separate surveys. The household survey is a survey of roughly 60,000 households. [...]
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Retail Sales
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits an A-.
Source: The Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.
Release Time: 8:30 ET around the 13th of the month (data for one month prior).
The retail sales report is a measure of the total receipts of retail stores. The changes in retail sales are widely followed as the most timely indicator [...]
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Regional Manufacturing Surveys
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): The Philadelphia Fed Index and Chicago PMI merit a B; the rest merit a D.
Source: Varies – Purchasing managers’ organizations and Federal Reserve banks.
Release Time: Varies. Philadelphia Fed at 10 ET on the third Thursday of the month for the current month. Chicago PMI on the last business day of the month for [...]
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Productivity And Costs
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a D+.
Source: The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
Release Time: 8:30 ET around the 7th of the second month of the quarter (data for quarter prior).
Nonfarm productivity and costs provide measures of the productivity of workers and the costs associated with producing a unit of output. During [...]
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PPI: Producer Price Index
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): This release merits a B-.
Source: Bureau of Labor statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
Release Time: Around the 11th of each month at 8:30 ET for the prior month.
The Producer Price Index measures prices of goods at the wholesale level. There are three broad subcategories within PPI: crude, intermediate, and finished. The market tracks the [...]
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Philadelphia FED Index
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Importance (A-F): The Philadelphia Fed Index merits a B.
Source: The Philadelphia Federal Reserve bank.
Release Time: Third Thursday of the month at 10 ET for the current month.
In Brief: There are many regional manufacturing surveys, and they tend to be ranked in order of timeliness and the importance of the region. The Philadelphia Fed’s survey is [...]
