No. 807: CPI, Real Retail Sales, Production, Housing Starts, Freight Index, FOMC and the Dollar
Ongoing and Intensifying Economic Downturn Continues,
Despite Some April Fluff, Unusual Seasonals and One-Time Factors
Domestic Freight Index Continued to Show Crashing Activity
Two Consecutive, Annual Declines in Quarterly Industrial Production
Never Have Been Seen Outside of Formal Recessions, and First-Quarter 2016
Is on Track for a Third Straight Contraction
April 2016 Annual Inflation Increased Across the Board:
CPI-U at 1.1%, CPI-W at 0.8%, ShadowStats at 8.8%
Real Retail Sales Continued an Intense Recession Signal
Non-Recovered Housing Starts Remained in Smoothed,
Low-Level Stagnation
Downside Revisions to Durable Goods Orders and Shipments
Promise Downside GDP Benchmarking