High Frequency Economics

• Small Businesses Still Gloomy on Economy: NFIB Index

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 12, 2010

  If you ask small business owners, the recession isn't over till it's over--and if their hiring and expansion plans are any indication, that hasn't happened yet.

• Weekly Jobless Claims Drift Down; Retail Sales Edged Up in September

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  October 7, 2010

  Can it be that unemployment is looking up? According to the Department of Labor on Thursday, "the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 445,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the prior week.

• New Home Sales Still Dismal; Stocks Surge on Durable Goods Report

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 24, 2010

  New home sales figures released Friday by the Census Bureau showed that housing had a long way to go before it joined the "expansion" and orders for durable goods fell 1.3%, but its core components rose.

• CPI Rose in July; Retail Sales Slightly Higher

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  August 13, 2010

  The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose in July, though inflation was still tame, and retail sales nudged higher but were disappointing behind the headline number.

• Economic Growth Slowed to 2.4% in Q2, but Michigan/Reuters Index Rose in July

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  July 30, 2010

  The economy grew at a 2.4% pace in the second quarter, the Commerce Department reported Friday, July 30, a little less than economists had predicted and slower than the upwardly revised 3.7% rate for the GDP in the first quarter.

• NFIB's Small Business Index Showed Uptick in Optimism in May

  By Ron Pechtimaldjian, AdvisorOne  |  June 9, 2010

  Optimism of small businesses improved in May for the fifth consecutive month, according to a survey released Tuesday, June 8, by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).

• U.S. Jobs Report Overshadows News of Rising Unemployment

  By Michael S. Fischer  |  May 12, 2010

  Prerecession employment levels are years away, an analyst reports.

• Massive Federal Bailout on the Way

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  September 19, 2008

  In a bid to stem the mammoth financial crisis the U.S. is now facing, top members of the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve are hammering out with Congress a plan to create a government agency that would buy distressed mortgages from banks and other financial institutions at discount prices.