Trade Sheet:
Rochelle Muncey 2019-10-11T19:29:31-05:00
October 11, 2019 United States: U.S. Payrolls Revisions Are More Reliable, Fed Study Shows “Revisions to monthly U.S. payrolls figures have become more reliable over the short term while those on industrial production have become less so, according to a Federal Reserve study that finds that policy makers could build such evolutions into their real-time
October 10, 2019 “The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained unchanged in September on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.1% in August. Over the past year, the all items index rose 1.7% before seasonal adjustment. The all items index increased 1.7% over the last 12 months ending September, a similar rise
October 10, 2019 United States: U.S. Consumer Prices Trail Forecasts as Used-Car Costs Drop “A key measure of U.S. consumer prices rose by less than expected in September as used-car costs fell by the most in a year, potentially bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates for the third time in
October 9, 2019 The Bureau of Labour Statistics reported that, “the number of job openings was little changed at 7.1 million on the last business day of August.” In addition, for August, hires and separations changed to 5.8 million and 5.6 million, respectively. Regarding quits rate and layoffs and discharge rate, these were little changed
October 9, 2019 United States: U.S. Loses Top Spot to Singapore in Competitiveness Rankings “The U.S. dropped from the top spot in the World Economic Forum’s annual competitiveness report, losing out to Singapore. Hong Kong, the Netherlands and Switzerland made up the rest of the top five, according to the WEF survey published on Wednesday.
October 8, 2019 United States: Core U.S. Producer Prices Fall Most in More Than Four Years “A measure of underlying U.S. producer prices posted the biggest monthly drop in more than four years, adding to signs of tame inflation pressures that potentially offer Federal Reserve policy makers more leeway to lower interest rates. The dollar