The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for July: Personal income increased .8 billion (0.3 percent) in July according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased .5 billion (0.3 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased .3 billion (0.4 percent). Real DPI increased 0.2...
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The BEA released the Personal Income and Outlays report for October: Personal income increased .1 billion (0.4 percent) in October according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Disposable personal income (DPI) increased .1 billion (0.5 percent) and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased .4 billion (0.3 percent). …Real DPI increased 0.3...
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On a monthly basis, retail sales increased 0.4 percent from March to April (seasonally adjusted), and sales were up 4.5 percent from April 2016. From the Census Bureau report: Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for April 2017, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price...
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The Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending decreased in November compared to October: The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during November 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of ,122.5 billion, 0.4 percent below the revised October estimate of ,127.0 billion. The November...
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Earlier the Census Bureau reported that overall construction spending decreased in September: The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during September 2014 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.9 billion, 0.4 percent below the revised August estimate of 5.2 billion.. The September figure is...
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