Growth Outlook and Business Cycle

Data Round-Up: Strong Jobs, Wages Results Reinforce Fed's Plan to Hike Rates in Mid-2015

written by Michael Lewis on February 06, 2015

FMI’s analysis of this morning’s January Employment report including the 2015 Annual Payroll Benchmark.

January Employment Preview: Expect +275K Private Payroll Jobs

written by Michael Lewis on February 05, 2015

FMI’s Preview of January Employment including a review of 14Q4 Productivity and Labor Costs results and the latest Weekly Initial UI Claims data.

FMI Preview of Data Releases: February 2 - 6, 2015

written by Michael Lewis on January 30, 2015

FMI's preview of the coming week's major data releases.

Data Round-Up: Robust Real Consumption Bodes Well; Wage Pressures Rising

written by Michael Lewis on January 30, 2015

FMI’s analyses of this morning’s Advance Report of 14Q4 GDP, the January Chicago Purchasing Managers Index and other Regional Surveys and the 14Q4 Employment Cost Index.

Data Round-Up: Initial UI Claims Trend Falls Back Below 300K

written by Michael Lewis on January 29, 2015

FMI’s review of the latest Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic data.

Data Round-Up: Housing Starts Perk up in 14Q4, Boding Well for 2015

written by Michael Lewis on January 21, 2015

FMI’s review of today’s December Housing Starts results.

Data Round-Up: Mixed Regionals Point to Moderate Growth; Core PPI Higher than Expected

written by Michael Lewis on January 15, 2015

FMI’s analyses of today’s January Philadelphia Fed and NY Fed Empire Regional Manufacturing surveys, the December PPI, and the latest Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic data.