05|02|2022
Highlights from the April 29th Leading Indicator Watch: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (April) rose to 65.2 from 59.4 (Mar) following poor inflation figures. Personal Spending rose 1.1% during this time....
04|25|2022
Highlights from the April 22nd Leading Indicator Watch: Housing starts rose .3% (Mar) compared to 6.5% (Feb). Building permits rose .4% from -1.6% (same period). 30 year mortgage rates...
04|04|2022
Highlights from the April 1st Leading Indicator Watch: The unemployment rate dropped lower to 3.6% as initial job claims remained at historic lows, rising by 202k. JOLTS Job Openings...
03|28|2022
Highlights from the March 25th Leading Indicator Watch: Initial jobless claims fell to 187k, the lowest figure in over 52 years. Continuing claims continued its downward trend, falling to...
02|28|2022
Highlights from the February 25th Leading Indicator Watch: The money supply, including time deposits, rose by $202B to $21.840T (Jan). Money supply is currently running 91% of current GDP....
02|22|2022
Highlights from the February 18th Leading Indicator Watch: Retail sales (YoY)(Jan) rose 3.8% which came in well above forecasts of 2%. This is the highest figure since April 2021....
01|31|2022
Highlights from the January 28th Leading Indicator Watch: Preliminary figures for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (QoQ)(Q4) rose by 6.9% which tripled the increase in Q3. Be sure to check...
01|24|2022
Highlights from the January 21st Leading Indicator Watch: The S&P 500 fell 264.91 points for the week, ending at 4,397.94 and is down 7.73% YTD. The VIX (CBOE Volatility...
01|03|2022
Highlights from the December 31st Leading Indicator Watch: Initial jobless claims fell lower to 198k and continuing jobless claims decreased to 1,716k from 1,856k; a welcome sign to finish...
12|27|2021
Highlights from the December 24th Leading Indicator Watch: Michigan Consumer Sentiment (December) rose to 70.6 from 67.4. Be sure to check out more of last week’s Leading Indicators here...
