New Single-Family Home Sales Fell Sharply in May
Sales of new single-family homes fell sharply in May, decreasing 5.9 percent to 769,000 at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate from...
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Existing-Home Sales Fall as Prices Continue to Rise
Sales of existing homes fell 0.9 percent in May, falling further below the recent peak of 6.73 million in October...
Weekly Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Rise While Continuing Claims Fall
Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance totaled 412,000 for the week ending June 12, an increase of 37,000 from...
Pandemic Pressures Continue to Unwind in Housing
Total housing starts rose to a 1.572 million annual rate in May from a 1.517 million pace in April, a...
Industrial Output Rose in May on Broad Gains; Capacity Utilization Remains Low
Industrial production rose 0.8 percent in May, the seventh gain in the last eight months. Manufacturing output, which accounts for...
Discretionary Spending Categories Drag Down May Retail Sales
Retail sales and food-services spending fell 1.3 percent in May following gains in three of the prior four months. The...
Consumer Sentiment Rebounded in Early June as Consumer Grew More Optimistic About the Economy
The preliminary results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment rebounded in early June, resuming...
Everyday Prices Rise at the Fastest Annual Pace Since 2011
The AIER Everyday Price Index increased by 0.8 percent in May, the sixth consecutive gain following back-to-back decreases in October...
Job Openings Soar to Another Record High in April
The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the total number of job...
AIER’s Leading Indicators Index Remained Solidly Above Neutral in May
Summary AIER’s Leading Indicators Index posted another slight decline in May, coming in at 83 versus 88 in April. Despite...
U.S. Economy Adds 559,000 Jobs in May
U.S. nonfarm payrolls added 559,000 jobs in May after a gain of 278,000 in April. March and April had net...
Services-Sector Expansion Continued in May
The Institute for Supply Management’s composite services index increased to 64.0 in May, rising 1.3 points from 62.7 in the...
