It may be making too much of out a single quote, but in the minutes of the July 30-31 FOMC meeting said, “Many participants noted that reported payroll gains might be overstated, and several assessed [...]

Economic data in the August 19 week will take a backseat to the Kansas City Fed’s annual Jackson Hole (August 22-24) which will be brimming with central bankers and offering an opportunity to gauge the [...]

Global data edged a little bit deeper into the underperformance column, ending the week at minus 9 on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index (RPI) and at minus 19 when excluding price data (RPI-P), the latter indicating [...]

The dearth of economic data in the August 5 week gives way to a more compelling roster of economic data in the August 12 week. Concerns that the US economy is growing more slowly than [...]

Global data on net are posting near consensus estimates, at minus 7 and just below the zero line on Econoday’s Relative Performance Index (RPI). Yet when excluding what have been as-expected to firmer-than-expected inflation data, [...]

As of the August 8 data, the Freddie Mac rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage rate is down 26 basis points to 6.47 percent from the prior week, reaching its lowest since 6.39 percent in [...]

The Fed’s senior loan officer opinion survey for July shows that on net, fewer banks are tightening lending standards for commercial and industrial lending. The increase in spreads of loan rates over banks’ cost of [...]

The economic data calendar in the August 5 week is sparse and has little market moving potential. There will be plenty of time to think about the outcome of the July 30-31 FOMC meeting and [...]

Econoday’s Relative Performance Index (RPI) for global indicators ended last week at minus 5 and at minus 7 less inflation (RPI-P). These readings are close to the zero line to indicate that, on net, data [...]