by Korey Matthews | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Department of Commerce will release it’s personal income and outlays report tomorrow at 8:30 am. The indicator serves as a measure of wage growth and consumer spending. Tomorrow’s report comes on the heels of numbers released by the Commerce Department...
by Erika Wheless | Apr 27, 2020 | Featured, Housing, Uncategorized
Tuesday’s Case Shiller Indices report will likely show modest gains in home prices for February 2020. Some economists are forecasting about a .3% gain. Home prices in January were strong due to low unemployment, low mortgage rates, and low interest rates. February...
by Jill Shah | Apr 24, 2020 | Featured, Manufacturing, Uncategorized
The March durable goods report is expected to be weak, showing the first signs of the coronavirus pandemic on manufacturing orders. Here’s what to watch in the monthly report out Friday at 8:30 am Eastern time: It’ll be bad but it won’t capture the full picture. ...
by Sonya Swink | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Retail, Uncategorized
“Working in e-commerce, it seemed like it was a better job.” Tyler Hamilton quit his construction job to pack boxes at Amazon’s warehouse near Minneapolis a couple years ago. Since coronavirus, the 23-year-old got a small pay bump but works endless overtime, with one...
by Sonya Swink | Apr 15, 2020 | Featured, Retail, Uncategorized
On Wednesday, April 15th, the Commerce Department will release the advanced retail sales report, a measure of how many goods and services in the sector were sold in March. This key indicator of the state of the economy will be released at 8:30 am. Here are five...
by Korey Matthews | Mar 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
U.S. consumer spending and personal income remained steady in February, another sign that the economy was holding firm before the country was gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. Personal-consumption expenditures, a measure of household spending, rose 0.2%, a repeat...
