THE BASIS POINT

Mixed Messages.

 

Durable Goods Orders (August 2015)

– New Orders month/month  -2.0%. Previous was  +1.9%
– New Orders year/year     -2.3%. Previous was -19.6%
– Ex-transportation month/month  +0.0%. Previous was +0.4%
– Ex-transportation year/year    -3.9%. Previous was -2.5%
– Core capital goods month/month  -0.2%.
– Core capital goods year/year   +0.8%.

Weakness in Durable Goods continues.  This could be about flat domestic manufacturing and also weakness in foreign economies.

Initial Jobless Claims (week ended 9/19/2015)

– New Claims seasonally adjusted  267,000. Previous was 264,000
– New claims unadjusted totaled 219,591 an increase of 20,625 from previous
– 4-week Moving Average   271,750. Previous was 272,750.

 

Chicago Federal Reserve National Activity Index (August 2015)

– Level  -0.41. Previous was -0.51
– 3 Month Moving Average +0.01. Previous was +0.02.

This is a weighted average of 85 existing monthly indicators of national economic activity.

 
New Home Sales (August 2015)

– New Home Sales seasonally adjusted, annualized  552,000. Previous was 522,000.

 

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