Home builder confidence falls in November
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) declined 6 points…
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Industrial production declined 0.6% in October
Industrial production declined 0.6% in October, according to the Federal Reserve. September’s reading was revised…
Retail sales decreased 0.1% in October
There were $705.0 billion in retail and food service sales in October, down 0.1% from…
Producer price index decreased 0.5% in October
The Producer Price Index for final demand fell 0.5% in October on a seasonally adjusted…
CPI was unchanged in October
The Consumer Price Index was unchanged in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing…
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index decreased 0.1 of a point in October to 90.7.
A seasonally adjusted net 17% of business owners planned to create new jobs in the…
New York Fed: Consumer inflation expectations held steady in October
Consumer inflation expectations declined slightly at the short- and longer-term horizons in October while remaining unchanged at the medium-term horizon, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in its survey of consumer expectations.
Capital proposal: Endgame for a robust U.S. derivatives market?
By disregarding previous analysis of the impact capital reforms can have on the derivatives market, the authors argue federal banking regulators will harm businesses’ ability to hedge risk.
Consumer sentiment fell in November
Consumer sentiment fell 3.4 points in November to 60.4, marking the fourth straight monthly decrease,…
Powell: Further rate hikes not off the table
Federal Open Market Committee members are not confident that current monetary policy is restrictive enough to bring inflation down to Federal Reserve’s target of 2%, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said.