DATA PREVIEW: AFTER A 20M JOBS DROP, WHAT’S NEXT?

By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – The U.S. April data were, in a word, horrible. There was no silver lining, except that it was, hopefully, the worst we will see and that some relative recovery began over last few weeks. The May business conditions data already released continued their downward trend, but the pace of […]

DATA FLASH: APRIL INCOME LIFTED BY STIMULUS, BUT NO PLACE TO SPEND

–US April Personal Income +10.5%, Transfer Payments +89.6% on Stimulus–Savings Rate 33.0%, Nominal PCE -13.6%, Real PCE -13.2%, Core Prices -0.4%–May Chicago PMI Falls to 32.3 from 35.4 in April–May Michigan Sentiment Index Revised Down to 72.3 After 71.8 in April By Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MaceNews) – Personal income surged in April on the large […]