Monthly Archives: September 2016

rig count summary : 2nd quarter GDP, 3rd estimate:

as of this week, there’s been a new addition to the raft of reports that the EIA publishes monthly that will be worth our watching…commencing with the September Drilling Productivity Report (which was released on the 12th), the EIA will … Continue reading →

there were just two reports of note this week: the August report on New Residential Construction from the Census Bureau and the Existing Home Sales Report for August from the National Association of Realtors (NAR)…other reports released this week included … Continue reading →

natural gas prices: rig count summary: oil supplies:

before we start on the regular fracking patch news, we should take note of two rulings which were handed down by the Ohio Supreme Court this week that relate to fracking in Ohio….in the first, the Court ruled in favor … Continue reading →

reports released this past week included Retail Sales for August and Business Sales and Inventories for July from the Census bureau, August Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization from the Fed, and the August Consumer Price Index, the August Import-Export Price … Continue reading →

retail sales: rig count summary:

oil prices were remarkably volatile this past week, as we saw two price spikes of nearly 5%, each followed by price retreats of almost the same magnitude…early on Monday morning, a holiday in the US markets, news of a meeting … Continue reading →

it was a fairly light week for economic releases; the only regular monthly reports released this week were the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for July from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the July report on Wholesale Trade, … Continue reading →

rig count summary: delinquent and foreclosed loan counts: