Monthly Archives: October 2012

the key economic report of this past week was the advance estimate of 3rd quarter GDP from the BEA which was released on Friday; our real (inflation adjusted) gross domestic product, which is a dollar denominated measure of the goods … Continue reading →

it’s been a fairly busy week for new economic releases, with several monthly reports we normal cover generally showing good headline numbers, yet each with its own caveats…we’ll start with the advance report on retail sales for September from the … Continue reading →

it was a fairly slow week around the economic blogosphere, with very few new economic releases…early in the week there was quite a bit of rehashing of the discordant numbers from last friday’s two employment surveys, but not much was … Continue reading →

let’s just begin by noting the two headline job creation numbers from the september employment report from the BLS: according to the establishment survey of one-third of the businesses and agencies in the US, total nonfarm payroll employment rose by … Continue reading →