Signs of Slowing Consumer Spending.

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (November 2015)

– level   94.8. Previous was 96.1

This decline may be anticipating a weaker Christmas shopping season.

 

 

Redbook Chain Store Sales (week ended 12/5/2015)

– Chain Store Sales year/year +1.9%. Previous was +3.9%.

This could be do to more aggressive that last year discounting in the previous week.

 

 

JOLTS (October 2015)

– Job Openings 5,383,000.  Previous was 5,534,000.

The JOLTS report is the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey. The headline number is job openings.

This represents a dip in a number which had been steadily increasing.