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April 2013 Industrial Production Soft – But Still In a Growth Trend
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) declined 0.5% in April 2013 and up 1.9% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was also showed a decline of 0.5% month-over-month but the year-over-year was … Continue reading
March 2013 Industrial Production Improves Only Because of Utilities
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) improved 0.4% in March 2013 and up 3.5% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was also showed improvement at an improvement of 0.8% month-over-month but the … Continue reading
February 2013 Industrial Production Growth Strong
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) improved strongly 0.7% in February 2013 and up 2.5% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was less good at an improvement of 0.2% month-over-month but the … Continue reading
Posted in Manufacturing, aa syndication
Tagged capacity utilization, consumers, Federal Reserve, industrial production, IP, manufacturing, Steven Hansen, utilities
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January 2013 Industrial Production A Little Soft
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) declined marginally 0.1% in January 2013 and up 2.1% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was slightly better at an improvement of 0.0% month-over-month and up … Continue reading
December 2012 Industrial Production Improves At Slower Rate
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) increased 0.3% in December 2012 and up 2.2% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was down 1.0% month-over-month and up 1.7% year-over-year. Per the Federal Reserve, … Continue reading
November 2012 Industrial Production Improves but Remains Lower than 2012 High
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) increased 1.1% in November 2012 and up 2.5% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was up 0.5% month-over-month and up 2.4% year-over-year. Per the Federal Reserve, … Continue reading
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Tagged capacity utilization, consumers, Federal Reserve, industrial production, IP, manufacturing, Steven Hansen, utilities
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Industrial Production Bad in October 2012 – Blame It on Hurricane Sandy
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) decreased 0.4% in October 2012 and up 2.8% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was down 0.9% month-over-month and up 1.7% year-over-year. Per the Federal Reserve: … Continue reading
Industrial Production Expands in September 2012
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) increased 0.4% in September 2012 and up 2.8% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was up 0.2% month-over-month and up 3.1% year-over-year. The year-over-year growth of … Continue reading
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Tagged capacity utilization, consumers, Federal Reserve, industrial production, IP, manufacturing, Steven Hansen, utilities
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Industrial Production Soft in August 2012, Little Backward Data Revision
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) decreased 1.2% in August 2012 but up 2.8% year-over-year. Econintersect‘s analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was down 1.0% month-over-month and up 3.1% year-over-year. The Federal Reserve blamed … Continue reading
CMI Weighted Composite Continues Plunge
by Rick Davis The year-over-year data in our Weighted Composite Index has continued a spectacular deterioration over the past month: Click on graph for larger image.
Industrial Production Continues to Show Expansion In July 2012
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) increased 0.6% in July 2012 and up 4.4% year-over-year. Econintersect analysis using the unadjusted data is that IP was down 0.6% month-over-month and up 4.1% year-over-year. The market was expecting … Continue reading
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Tagged capacity utilization, consumers, Federal Reserve, industrial production, IP, manufacturing, Steven Hansen, utilities
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2Q 2012 GDP: Economy Slowing
by Rick Davis In their first estimate of the second quarter 2012 GDP, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) found that the annualized rate of U.S. domestic economic growth was 1.54%, down nearly a half percent from the (revised) 1.97% … Continue reading
Industrial Production Is Up in June 2012
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) increased 0.4% in June 2012 and up 4.7% year-over-year. Econintersect analysis is IP was up 0.1% month-over-month and up 4.8% year-over-year. The market was expecting a month-over-month increase of 0.0% … Continue reading
1Q 2012 GDP: Minor Changes in Third Estimate
by Rick Davis In their third estimate of the first quarter 2012 GDP, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) left the annualized rate of U.S. domestic economic growth unchanged at 1.88%, which is still more than a percent below the … Continue reading
Consumer Contribution to GDP is Fading
by Rick Davis We have often commented about the disparity between shrinking per capita disposable income (which is contracting at an annualized -0.22% rate) and the BEA’s reported growth in consumer spending (reportedly growing at an annualized +1.91% rate). Assuming … Continue reading
Industrial Production Rate of Growth Unchanged in May 2012
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) was decreased 0.1% in May 2012 and up 4.7% year-over-year. Econintersect analysis is IP was unchanged month-over-month and up 5.0% year-over-year. The market was expecting a month-over-month increase of 0.1% … Continue reading
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Tagged capacity utilization, consumers, Federal Reserve, industrial production, IP, manufacturing, Steven Hansen, utilities
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April 2012 Industrial Production Comes in Strong
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) was increased 1.1% in April 2012 and up 5.2% year-over-year. Econintersect analysis is up 1.7% month-over-month (reversing last month’s decline) and up 5.1% year-over-year. The market was expecting a month-over-month … Continue reading
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Industrial Production OK but a Little Soft in March 2012
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) was unchanged again in March 2012 and up 4.0% year-over-year. Econintersect analysis is down 1.0% month-over-month (reversing last month’s gain) and up 3.6% year-over-year. This was a data reset month … Continue reading
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Industrial Production Growth Stronger than Headlines in February 2012
Written by Steven Hansen The headlines say Industrial Production (IP) was unchanged in February 2012 and up 4.0% year-over-year. Econintersect analysis is up 0.9% month-over-month and up 4.0% year-over-year. The market was expecting a month-over-month increase of 0.2% to 0.5% … Continue reading
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Tagged capacity utilization, consumers, Federal Reserve, industrial production, IP, manufacturing, Steven Hansen, utilities
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“Consumer Confidence Rises to 4-Year High”
by Lee Adler, Wall Street Examiner The title of this article is the Bloomberg headline that blasted out in a font that really was really big. That’s just so wrong. So wrong. I mean, should we really be jumping up … Continue reading
