Monthly Archives: April 2016

oil prices: rig counts: oil inventories: Q1 GDP:

the meeting at Doha was a dud…there was no agreement between OPEC and other oil producers meeting at the Qatari capital last Sunday to freeze production or to take any other action whatsoever to control oil output…in fact, contrary to … Continue reading →

there were just two widely watched reports released this week: the March report on New Residential Construction from the Census Bureau, and the March report on existing home sales from the National Association of Realtors (NAR)….this week also saw the … Continue reading →

natural gas by state: rig count:

oil markets, and most of those who write about them, were in a state of suspended animation most of this past week as they awaited results from the meeting of major global oil producers this weekend in Doha Qatar, where … Continue reading →

major releases of this past week included Retail Sales for March and Business Sales and Inventories for February, both from the Census bureau, the March Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report from the Fed, and the three major price indexes … Continue reading →

US oil production March retail sales: industrial production benchmark revision:

US oil prices rose more than 10% over the last three days of this week after the EIA reported that US crude oil supplies fell for the first time in 8 weeks, and after the on again / off again … Continue reading →

the key release of this past week was the Census report on our International Trade for February, which gives us data on our exports and imports and hence a clarification of the growth in other sectors of the domestic economy…in … Continue reading →

mortgage delinquency rate: monthly change in delinquency rate: monthly change in 90 day rate”: FC & delinquent loan count history: oil prices: oil production: oil inventories: gasoline inventories: distillate inventories: