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Major agency reports released this past week included the Employment Situation Summary for September from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the August report on our International Trade from the Commerce Dept, and the August report on Construction Spending (pdf), the Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders for August , and the September report on Wholesale Trade, Sales and Inventories , all from the Census Bureau from the Census Bureau…in addition, this week also saw the regularly scheduled Existing Home Sales Report for October from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), and the first three regional Fed manufacturing surveys for November: the Empire State Manufacturing Survey from the New York Fed, which covers all of New York state, a suburban NYC county in Connecticut, Puerto Rico and northern New Jersey, reported their headline general business conditions index rose from +10.7 in October to +18.7 in November, its fourth increase in five months, meanin...

The major economic releases of last week included both of the major monthly employment reports: the Employment Situation Summary for May and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for April, both from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in addition to the Commerce Dept’s report on our International Trade in Goods and Services for April , the April report on Construction Spending (pdf), and the Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders for April , with both of those from the Census Bureau.… Privately issued reports released this week included the ADP Employment Report for May , wherein the national payroll processor reported a 37,000 job increase in May, the light vehicle sales report for May from Wards Automotive, which estimated that vehicles sold at a 15.65 million annual rate in May, down from the 17.27 million annual rate of sales in April, and down from the 15.90 million annual sales rate of May a year ago, and the Mortgage Monitor for June (cov...

Major economic reports released this week included the Employment Situation Summary for November and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for October , both from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Commerce Department’s report on our International Trade for October , and the October report on Construction Spending (pdf), and the Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders for October , both from the Census Bureau…. The week’s major privately issued reports reports included the ADP Employment Report for November , the light vehicle sales report for November from Wards Automotive , which estimated that such vehicles sold at a 16.50 million annual rate in November, up from the 16.04 million annual rate in October, and up from the 15.32 million annual rate in November a year ago, and both of the widely watched purchasing manager’s surveys from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM): the November Manufacturing Report On Business reported that their ...