Dollars and Jens
Thursday, October 29, 2009
GDP
| III 06 | IV 06 | I 07 | II 07 | III 07 | IV 07 | I 08 | II 08 | III 08 | IV 08 | I 09 | II 09 | III 09 | |
| Gross domestic product | .1 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | -.7 | 1.5 | -2.7 | -5.4 | -6.4 | -.7 | 3.5 |
| Services | .92 | 1.40 | 1.61 | .76 | .60 | .15 | .85 | .17 | -.60 | .26 | -.13 | .09 | .57 |
| Nondurable goods | .40 | .93 | .48 | -.13 | .33 | .27 | -.49 | .35 | -.94 | -.78 | .29 | -.29 | .31 |
| Durable goods | .37 | .46 | .45 | .18 | .42 | .44 | -.75 | -.46 | -.95 | -1.64 | .28 | -.41 | 1.47 |
| Change in private inventories | -.13 | -1.08 | -.61 | .32 | .19 | -.63 | -.21 | -1.25 | .26 | -.64 | -2.36 | -1.42 | .94 |
| Fixed investment | -.86 | -.91 | -.43 | .59 | -.04 | -.66 | -.99 | -.41 | -1.30 | -3.28 | -6.62 | -1.68 | .28 |
| Net exports of goods and services | -.71 | 1.94 | -.29 | .66 | 1.36 | 2.24 | .36 | 2.35 | -.10 | .45 | 2.64 | 1.65 | -.53 |
| Government spending | .11 | .21 | .00 | .82 | .75 | .31 | .51 | .71 | .95 | .24 | -.52 | 1.33 | .48 |
Exports and imports were both way up; nonresidential investment was still down (particularly "structures", i.e. commercial real estate). That fixed investment was positive was due to a pickup in housing.
Update: I've been reading that a lot of that +1.47 from durable goods is probably related to cash-for-clunkers. Housing, of course, has also been supported of late (even more than usual). Car sales plummeted when the government quit subsidizing them, and housing may ease a bit, too, though it's at the point where solidifying would make sense of its own accord.
Labels: gdp
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Initial Claims
The number came in at 531,000, which I think is fair "neener, neener" territory.
Next week, with no trend, the guess is about 521,000. The trend does look weaker in the last month or two than before, but I'd still think your best guess is a bit below 520,000, but probably not by more than the margin of error; let's say 515,000-520,000.
Labels: Initial Claims of Unemployment
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
predicted initial claims
My algorithm predicts that tomorrow morning's number will be 533,000. This is higher than the predictions Yahoo has, but it should be noted that it discounts the existence of a trend, and the trend is pointing downward. Since the trend has been about a weekly decrease of 5500, a best guess might be in the 525000 to 530000 area, with the understanding that there's some uncertainty here that probably exceeds 5500 anyway.
The main point I want to emphasize, though, is that, even accounting for a downtrend, the number is likely to blip up from last week. Don't worry; it will start dropping again after that.
Labels: Initial Claims of Unemployment
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
taylor rules
it=0.82it-1-0.06+0.21 gt+0.37πt, with quarterly data, where g is the output gap as estimated by the CBO and π is year-to-year core PCE inflation. This can be rewritten
it=0.82it-1+0.18*(-0.33+1.17 gt+2.05πt), where the last two coefficients are consistent with 1 and 2 if you do the regression.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Initial Jobless Claims
In my own parochial little world, the big news is that last week's number was revised slightly up such that the partially adjusted figure slightly exceeds the three week exponential moving average. Today's number is much lower, though; 521,000 adjusted, 502,000 partially adjusted.
Incidentally, the partially adjusted ARIMA(0,1,2) model would predict an adjusted number of about 507,000 next week.
Labels: Initial Claims of Unemployment
Thursday, October 01, 2009
consumption and income
Calculated Risk has the basics of the report well covered. Nominal income up slightly, real income down slightly, spending up, in large part with government subsidies. Employee compensation levels are up to their highest level since March, on a seasonally-adjusted, nominal basis.
Initial claims
A little bit of a deterioration. Yet another week below the 3-week exponential moving average for the partially unadjusted figure, but just barely.
Labels: Initial Claims of Unemployment
inflation
Out today, the PCE deflator, along with the Dallas Fed's trimmed-mean version:
They've revised July's figure up to 0.46, still a record low for the series but not by quite the margin reported last month, and similarly raising the calculated moving average for July, but not above historic lows. August's number is reported at 1.32, which happens to be a hair below the new July moving average; the current exponential moving average is now 1.34.
GDP
I'm increasingly quite busy, and completely missed the "final" 2Q GDP release yesterday.
| II 06 | III 06 | IV 06 | I 07 | II 07 | III 07 | IV 07 | I 08 | II 08 | III 08 | IV 08 | I 09 | II 09 | |
| Gross domestic product | 1.4 | .1 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 2.1 | -.7 | 1.5 | -2.7 | -5.4 | -6.4 | -.7 |
| Services | 1.33 | .92 | 1.40 | 1.61 | .76 | .60 | .15 | .85 | .17 | -.60 | .26 | -.13 | .09 |
| Nondurable goods | .24 | .40 | .93 | .48 | -.13 | .33 | .27 | -.49 | .35 | -.94 | -.78 | .29 | -.29 |
| Durable goods | -.09 | .37 | .46 | .45 | .18 | .42 | .44 | -.75 | -.46 | -.95 | -1.64 | .28 | -.41 |
| Change in private inventories | .22 | -.13 | -1.08 | -.61 | .32 | .19 | -.63 | -.21 | -1.25 | .26 | -.64 | -2.36 | -1.42 |
| Fixed investment | -.32 | -.86 | -.91 | -.43 | .59 | -.04 | -.66 | -.99 | -.41 | -1.30 | -3.28 | -6.62 | -1.68 |
| Net exports of goods and services | .02 | -.71 | 1.94 | -.29 | .66 | 1.36 | 2.24 | .36 | 2.35 | -.10 | .45 | 2.64 | 1.65 |
| Government spending | .06 | .11 | .21 | .00 | .82 | .75 | .31 | .51 | .71 | .95 | .24 | -.52 | 1.33 |
Labels: gdp
