AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.03 percent in March 2023 following increases of 0.93 percent in January and 0.67 percent in February. On a year-over-year basis the EPI is […]
Tag: Business Conditions
Business Conditions Monthly March 2023
The AIER Leading Indicator remained essentially neutral in February 2023, maintaining the level of 58 from the previous month. Our Roughly Coincident Indicator rose from 50 to 92 in February […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index rises 0.67% in February 2023
Following a 0.93 percent rise in January 2023, the Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.67 percent in February 2023. At 282.6 (1987 = 100), AIER’s EPI is at its highest […]
Business Conditions Monthly February 2023
AIER Leading Indicators rose to 58 in January 2023 from 21 in December 2022, an increase to just over the neutral level of 50. This breaks a seven month trend […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Increases Nearly 1% in January 2023
AIER’s Everyday Price rose 0.93 percent in January following a decline of 1.3 percent in December 2022. January’s rise was the second rise in six months. The Everyday Price Index […]
4th Quarter 2022 GDP Shows Growth, but Deteriorating Fundamentals
Real GDP rose 2.9 percent in the 4th quarter of 2022, exceeding estimates ranging from 2.6 to 2.7 percent. This puts the first estimate of overall US economic growth in […]
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims Fell Slightly
Initial claims for regular state unemployment insurance fell by 1,000 for the week ending January 7th, coming in at 205,000. The previous week’s 206,000 was revised up from the initial […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Falls for the Fifth Time in Six Months
AIER’s Everyday Price fell 1.3 percent in December following a decline of 0.2 percent in November. December was the fifth decline in the last six months. The Everyday Price Index […]
Consumer Sentiment Rose and Inflation Expectations Fell Sharply in January
The preliminary January results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment improved for the month but remains low (see first chart). The composite consumer sentiment […]
Private-Sector Job Openings Remain High Despite a Second Consecutive Decline
The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the total number of job openings in the economy decreased to 10.458 million in November, […]