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FMI Weekly Data Preview: October 27-31

FMI’s Preview of this week’s data releases which should have a few treats and no tricks for Halloween.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

FMI’s commentary on the likely (very modest) effects of the dollar’s recent appreciation and our review of today’s Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic data.

Data Round-Up: Total and Core CPI Above Expectations, Currency Impact Remains Modest

FMI’s analyses of this morning’s September CPI report including a review of Higher-Frequency Inflation Indicators.

FMI Weekly Data Preview: October 20-24

FMI’s Preview of the coming week’s smattering of data releases. Existing and New Home Sales reports for September on Tuesday and Friday, respectively, will provide more insight into the housing sector. Both are expected to show gradual trend improvement.

Data Round-Up: Housing Starts OK, Bank Lending Trend Remains Solid

FMI’s analyses of today’s September Housing Starts report and September Bank Lending & Money Supply data.

FY2014 Federal Deficit Improvement Will Be Short-Lived

FMI’s commentary on FY2014 federal budget results.

Data Round-Up: Initial UI Claims Remain Low, Job Openings Climb

FMI’s review of the latest Weekly Initial UI Claims data and this week’s August Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) results.

Unemployment, By Any Measure, Keeps Getting Better

FMI’s commentary on the various measures of unemployment for September.

FMI Weekly Data Preview: October 6-10

FMI’s preview of the coming week’s smattering of data releases. There will be little in the way of hard data. Thus, attention will be focused on two dueling Fed interpretations of overall labor market health.

Data Round-Up: September Jobs Report Shows Substantial Improvement

FMI’s analyses of this morning’s September Employment report, August International Trade data, and September Non-Manufacturing Index survey.

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