Archive of Weekly Economic Updates
These pages are an archive of Weekly Economic Update posts from Hansen & Associates Financial Group, Inc. The Weekly Economic Update brings you a thumbnail sketch of the Economy, Stock Markets, Treasuries, and the week’s upcoming Economic Calendar, along with sources and citations that make it easy for you do delve further into the summarized subjects.
Weekly Economic Update: June 6, 2016
As labor force participation declined 0.6% in May, the headline jobless rate fell to 4.7%. Annualized wage growth was at 2.5%.
Weekly Economic Update: May 30, 2016
While monthly real estate indicators are often later revised, the latest numbers for new home buying and pending home sales are impressive, indeed.
Weekly Economic Update: May 23, 2016
Minutes from the central bank’s April policy meeting showed Fed officials broadly agreeing that an interest rate hike could be appropriate next month.
Weekly Economic Update: May 16, 2016
Friday, the Department of Commerce reported a 1.3% April gain in U.S. retail purchases. The core retail sales advance was also impressive at 0.9%….
Weekly Economic Update: May 9, 2016
Both of the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing manager indices were above the critical 50 level (indicating growth) in April.
Weekly Economic Update: May 2, 2016
The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index dipped 1.9 points in April to 94.2. University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index also declined.
Weekly Economic Update: April 25, 2016
Bouncing back from a drop of 7.3% in February, existing home sales improved 5.1% last month.
Weekly Economic Update: April 18, 2016
Retail purchases fell 0.3% in March, but rose 0.2% minus auto buying. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% last month; Producer Price Index declined 0.1%
Weekly Economic Update: April 11, 2016
Several Fed officials, the minutes stated, felt that “raising the target range as soon as April would signal a sense of urgency” that would be untimely.
Weekly Economic Update: April 4, 2016
The Labor Department employment report shows net job gains of 215,000 for March. Labor force participation increased, and the jobless rate ticked up to 5.0%.