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US Conference Board August employment trends 108.53 vs 107.71 prior

It's no surprise this is higher after non-farm payrolls. Note that this is a composite index that grabs from various sources that are already public. That said, it's still a useful...

Leading Indicators Point To Brighter Prospects for Growth

Prospects for U.S. economic growth have brightened, with a broad improvement in leading economic indicators pointing toward a continued expansion, the Conference Board said Thursda...

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. Edged Down in August

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. decreased by 0.1% in August to 99.5, after an increase of 0.2% in July. “The U.S. LEI receded slightly in August, the first...

Weekly Indicators: Long Leading Indicators Turn Neutral As AI-Centric Expansion Rolls On

Economic Indicator AI Forecast: Weekly Outlook for October 19–23, 2026

Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. Was Flat in September

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index for the U.S. was unchanged in September at 99.6, after a decline of 0.1% in August. “The U.S. LEI was flat in September. However, due to...

ELFA: CapEx Finance Index August 2026 — Demand Cools from Record High And Financial Conditions Improve

WASHINGTON, DC — September 29, 2026 — The latest CapEx Finance Index (CFI), released today by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Association (ELFA), showed that demand cooled in A...

Construction Economics for October 12, 2026

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Construction Economics for October 5, 2026

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Construction Economics for September 21, 2026

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Construction Economics for September 7, 2026

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Construction Economics for September 14, 2026

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Business Cycle Indicators: Industrial, Manufacturing Production under Consensus

IP flat, below +0.3% m/m Bloomberg consensus, manufacturing -0.3% below +0.3%. Capacity utilization drops. Adding in monthly GDP, early benchmark NFP as well. Figure 1: NFP employm...

Business Cycle Indicators: Industrial Production Up, Retail Sales Flattish

and Monthly GDP for August, manufacturing production. First, NBER BCDC indicators: Figure 1: NFP employment (bold blue), civilian employment with smoothed population controls (bold...

Construction Economics for October 26, 2026

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Construction Economics for September 28, 2026

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The Employment Release and Business Cycle Indicators

Employment downside surprise, +29K vs +89, with cumulative 81K downward revisions to previous two months. Taking into account early benchmark, it’s not changing the picture too muc...

The Big Four Recession Indicators: Real Personal Income

Business Cycle Indicators: CES/CPS Employment Surges

Evidence of continued growth: Figure 1: NFP employment (bold blue), civilian employment with smoothed population controls (bold orange), industrial production (red), personal incom...

Economic activity edges higher amid mixed consumer signals

The general outlook for the coming months was positive, but sentiment was mixed across sectors, according to the Fed's Beige Book

Weekly Indicators: AI-Related Positives Continue To Outweigh Oil And Interest Rate Negatives

The Marginal Efficiency of Investment Equation Interpreted in 2024-26

In the IS-LM equation, we have the investment function:   Where I use the Blanchard modification that lets investment rise with income, kind of an accelerator. How can we reconcile...

Global Economic Prospects: Fall 2026

The Peterson Institute for International Economics presents the fall 2026 PIIE Global Economic Prospects, the Institute's semiannual outlook for the US and global economies. Karen...

Confidence Slips (Way) Below Consensus

Conference Board index registers 81.9 vs consensus 89.2 (and previous 88.6). It’s currently three standard deviations below mean. Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment, using Cum...