December 2018 New Home Sales
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 11th, 2019
March 2019
February 2019 Employment Situation
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 8th, 2019
Draghi’n the Line
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 7th, 2019
Mario Draghi, the European Central Bank’s (ECB) President, surprised the world yesterday. Growth and inflation targets are not being met in the euro-zone according to the central bank’s latest forecast. Their projections now show growth reaching just 1.1 percent this year, falling from 1.7 percent in their prior prognostication.
February 2019 Institute for Supply Management
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 5th, 2019America’s economy continued growing in February 2019 according to two indicators from the Institute for Supply Management. Each month they survey purchasing managers from firms representing the manufacturing and services segments of the economy. In this latest survey, each side was well above minimum levels associated with growth.
February 2019 Institute for Supply Management
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 5th, 2019America’s economy continued growing in February 2019 according to two indicators from the Institute for Supply Management. Each month they survey purchasing managers from firms representing the manufacturing and services segments of the economy. In this latest survey, each side was well above minimum levels associated with growth.
December 2018 and some of January 2019 Income and Outlays
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 5th, 2019Echoes from the partial government shutdown persist. Income and outlays data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis were delayed for December and incomplete for January, so they were released together in one report. We have both income and spending to end the year, but just income data to start 2019.
Q4 2018 GDP Initial Estimate
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 5th, 2019
America’s output in the final quarter of last year was better than many anticipated. A consensus estimate from Bloomberg was expecting the annualized rate of output to reach 2.2 percent, and the final calculation of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow forecast expected just 1.8 percent. However, the earliest estimate suggests output increased by 2.6 percent to e
January 2019 Chicago Fed National Activity Index
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 3rd, 2019
Economic growth slowed in January 2019 according to the latest data from the Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI). This index of 85 components dipped to minus 0.43 from after hitting +0.05 in December 2018. Since this indicator moves quite a bit each month, Atlas pay attention to the three-month moving average; it fell to 0.0 (a reading which indicates moderate growth) from 0
Where’s the Fulcrum?
Submitted by Atlas Indicators Investment Advisors on March 1st, 2019
Monetary policies executed by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) are designed to fulfill our central bank’s dual mandate: full-employment and price stability. What the heck do those terms mean?
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