2008-05-30 US Economic Releases
[Skip to the end] Personal Income (Released 9:30 EST) Personal Spending (Released 9:30 EST) PCE Deflator YoY (Released 9:30 EST) PCE Core MoM (Released 9:30
[Skip to the end] Personal Income (Released 9:30 EST) Personal Spending (Released 9:30 EST) PCE Deflator YoY (Released 9:30 EST) PCE Core MoM (Released 9:30
[Skip to the end] Challenger Job Cuts YoY (Released 7:30 EST) Personal Income (Released 8:30 EST) Personal Spending (Released 8:30 EST) PCE Deflator YoY (Released
Personal Income (Feb) Survey 0.3% Actual 0.5% Prior 0.3% Revised n/a This is what supports the economy longer term and cushions downturns. Personal Spending (Feb)
Personal Income YoY (Jan) Survey n/a Actual 4.9 Prior 5.6 Revised n/a Falling off some. Interest rates are partially responsible, as last I checked households
Please excuse the mix of Bloomberg and Valance graphs. Comments welcome. Went blurry eyed trying to organize it all. Markets reacted strongly to Friday’s -17,000
Personal Income (Dec) Survey 0.4% Actual 0.5% Prior 0.4% Revised n/a Personal Income TABLE A bit better than expected, holding up reasonably well, as declining
From Karim: True to the past 5yrs pattern, claims seem to be reverting to trend after the first few weeks of January. Right, good call!
Personal Income (Nov) Survey 0.5% Actual 0.4% Prior 0.2% Revised n/a OK number. Personal Spending (Nov) Survey 0.7% Actual 1.1% Prior 0.2% Revised 0.4% Nice
Summary:Nothing particularly alarming regarding balance of risks.Personal income and spending lower than expected. Questions are whether exports will continue pick up and support gdp, and