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New Residential Sales Jump to 9-Month High

January 26, 2022 by Ted 2 Comments

New residential sales data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development show a sharp rise in the sale of newly constructed homes for the month of December. This is the second month in a row when sales of new homes rose as compared to the sales the previous month and are at the highest rate of sales since March – a nine-month high.

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November Residential Housing Starts at Highest Level in Eight Months

December 16, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

housing starts, new residential home under construction

In a new report on residential housing construction by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, overall housing starts in the month of November snapped a three-month slide and took their biggest jump since March of this year. Both the overall construction starts and those for single-family dwellings had their best month in the last eight months. This was a surprise…

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Filed Under: construction, Economic Trends, Housing, News

Brrrr, There’s a Chill in the Air; Consumer Confidence Hits a 9-Month Low

December 2, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

While there’s no question that the economy continues to expand, certain indicators are sending chills down economists’ spines – and the latest Consumer Confidence Index is one of those indicators. According to the latest data from The Conference Board (TCB), the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) declined in November in a sign that consumers’ attitudes about the economy are turning cold.

See more on the November Consumer Confidence Index

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News Tagged With: consumer confidence, Consumer Confidence Index

Inflation Impact: November Consumer Sentiment Drops to 10-Year Low

November 15, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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In spite of the fact that the economy is continuing to grow as it powers away from the days of COVID shutdowns, a preliminary November reading of consumer sentiment shows a dramatic drop to a 10-year low, as consumers fret about growing inflation. While economists have long warned that transitory inflation would be a temporary part of our overall economic recovery, consumers are clearly concerned that this inflation may be hanging around for a while and it is already crimping their lifestyle.

Learn what the University of Michigan chief economist had to say about this result

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, News, Research, Survey Tagged With: consumer sentiment, Index of Consumer Sentiment, University of Michigan

Majority of All Companies Raised Wages in Q3; Will Do It Again This Quarter

October 26, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of happy employees

In a survey by the National Association of Business Economists, a strong majority of all businesses – fully 58% – reported that they raised the wages they paid to employees in the third quarter, as reported by AXIOS. Nearly the same number say they will raise wages yet again in the coming months. While the news has some positive elements, especially for workers (like the smiling employees above), it definitely has some economists worried.

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News, Research, Survey Tagged With: COVID-19, employment, inflation, wages

September Housing Construction Starts Drop to a 5-Month Low

October 20, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

housing construction

In new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, residential housing construction starts dropped 1.6% in September as compared to the previous month’s reading. This rate is the lowest level of housing starts in five months. Also concerning, building permits – a leading indicator of future construction – registered a sharp drop, down 7.7% below the previous month.

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Filed Under: Economic Trends Tagged With: building permits, housing starts, residential construction

After Strong 2020, Researchers Project Further eCommerce Growth in 2021

July 7, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

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Sonos for sale on Onkyo USA before it closed

In 2020, the year of COVID-19, there was much death and devastation in the U.S. and around the world. But one business segment soared during the pandemic as a result of local municipalities and states around the country putting their citizens into 24/7 lockdown at home – and that business was eCommerce. With in-person retail stores closed by local government orders, consumers had no option but to shop online to obtain the things they needed.

So what do experts expect will happen to the growth rate for eCommerce in 2021, now that all states have removed most or all of their restrictions and in-person retail stores are all open for business? You might be surprised…

See the latest forecast for eCommerce growth & Total Retail growth in 2021…

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Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Economic Trends, Retailers, Sales Tagged With: ecommerce, retail

Leaders Heed This Warning: Employees Feel Empowered and Are Quitting

June 24, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

Did you hear this statistic? Just this past April, a total of 4 million Americans quit their jobs, according to data recently released by the US Labor Department and reported on by the New York Times. Think about that for a moment. That April figure was the largest number of workers quitting their jobs in any one month…ever. Why? Ah…that’s a good question. I’m glad you asked…

See why workers are quitting their jobs in droves…

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, Management, News, People Tagged With: employees, labor, quitting

US Jobs Post-COVID: A Longer Slog Back Than Expected

June 9, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

US jobs are taking a while to rebuild post-pandemic

Not long ago, I weighed in on whether I believed that the U.S. economy would “bounce back” after the impact of COVID-19 began to taper off. A vigorous debate had erupted at the time, with multiple market observers offering their opinions as to whether there would be a v-shaped, w-shaped, u-shaped (or another character) recovery. We all wanted a v-shaped recovery, which would mean that the economy would essentially snap back instantly to where it was before the pandemic.

I did not expect a v-shaped recovery because it seemed to me that reopening the economy would be less coordinated than when the entire country basically shut down at the beginning of the pandemic. The latest government data on U.S. job growth shows this to be the case.

See the latest US jobs numbers in our sloppy recovery

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Housing Starts Stall in April

May 19, 2021 by Ted Leave a Comment

housing construction

In yet another sign that the increasing momentum down the path to economic recovery will still be a very bumpy journey, residential housing construction starts (housing starts) in April showed declines in both the overall reading for all types of homes as well as for single-family homes. While both showed double digit declines in the initial report for April, they are both still well over the readings experienced in April 2020, at the height of the rollout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

See the latest data on housing starts in April

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Filed Under: Economic Trends, News Tagged With: housing, housing starts, NAHB, residential construction

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