The State of the Economy: Tuesday 3/5/13

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Let's start with today's economic releases...

• ISM Non-Manufacturing Index Better Than Expected
  The ISM report shows services sector reading at highest since...
  
• CoreLogic Home Prices Up 11th Consecutive Month
  On a year-over-year basis, home prices were up +9.7%...

The State of the Economy: By Category

Below are the most recent reports on the key economic data. The goal of sorting the reports by economic category is to make it easier to spot the trend of the data.

The State of the Jobs Market:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Improving

• Weekly Jobless Claims Fall 22K
  
• Jobs Report: Economy Added 157K Jobs in January
  
• ADP: Private Sector Jobs Expand in December
  
• Employment Trends Index Up in December
  
• Challenger Reports Planned Job Cuts up 19.6%

The State of the Housing Market:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Improving

• CoreLogic Home Prices Up 11th Consecutive Month
  
• Construction Spending Down in Janaury
  
• Pending Home Sales Up In January
  
• New Home Sales Were Strong in January
  
• FHFA House Price Index - Prices Up Again in December
  
• Case-Shiller Index: Home Prices Up in December
  
• Existing Home Sales Up for 19th Straight Month
  
• Housing Starts Pullback in January, Permits Rise
  
• NAHB Homebuilder Pulls Back in February

The State of the Consumer:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Rebounding

• University of Michigan Sentiment Continues to Rebound
  
• Personal Incomes Fall in January But Spending Rises Modestly
  
• Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Improves
  
• Consumer Confidence Rebounds in February
  
• Retail Sales Above Expectations in January
  
• Consumer Credit Expands Again in December

The State of the Economic Growth:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Slow Growth

• GDP Inches Up to Slight Gain in Q4
  
• Durable Goods Orders Sag in January, But...
  
• Chicago Fed Activity Index Pulls Back
  
• LEI: Slow Expansion Continues
  
• Architecture Billing Index Pulls Back Slightly

The State of the Manufacturing Sector:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Weak Advance

• ISM Manufacturing Shows Expansion Continues
  
• Markit's PMI Pulls back in February
  
• Chicago Purchasing Managers Index Up Again in February
  
• Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index Shows Growth Slowing
  
• Philly Fed Business Outlook Misses Badly in February
  
• Markit's Flash PMI Shows Manufacturing Growth Continues
  
• Empire Manufacturing Rebounds in February
  
• Industrial Production/Capacity Utilization Wholesale Inventories Down -0.1% in December
  
• Factory Orders Below Consensus in December
  
• ISM Manufacturing Improves Again
  
• Richmond Fed Report: Manufacturing Pulls Back in January

The State of the Services Sector:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Improving

• ISM Non-Manufacturing Index Better Than Expected
  
• Richmond Fed Report: Services Sector Improving in January

The State of Inflation:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Stable

• CPI: Inflation Remains in Check at Consumer Level
  
• PPI: Inflation Remains In Check
  
• Nonfarm Productivity Down, Unit Labor Costs Up in Q4
  
• Employment Cost Index Below Consensus

The State of Small Business:
Current Trend of Recent Data: Weakening

• NFIB Barely Budges in January
  
• NFIB Small Business Optimism Remains Weak in December

 

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