• Initial jobless claims decreased to 211,000 in the week ending March 7th. • Four-week moving average edged up to 214,000. Initial jobless claims for unemployment insurance declined 4,000 to 211,000 (-5.8% year-on-year) during the [...]
Introducing
Gerald D. Cohen
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Gerald Cohen provides strategic vision and leadership of the translational economic research and policy initiatives at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise.
He has worked in both the public and private sectors focusing on the intersection between financial markets and economic fundamentals. He was a Senior Economist at Haver Analytics from January 2019 to February 2021. During the Obama Administration Gerald was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Macroeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Treasury where he helped formulate and evaluate the impact of policy proposals on the U.S. economy. Prior to Treasury, he co-managed a global macro fund at Ziff Brothers Investments.
Gerald holds a bachelor’s of science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and is a contributing author to 30-Second Money as well as a co-author of Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy.
Publications by Gerald D. Cohen
Global| Mar 12 2020U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline
- Global| Mar 02 2020
Warm-Weather Driven Jump in U.S. Construction Spending in January
• Construction spending hammered 1.8% higher in January. • Unseasonably warm weather in January very likely played a role. • Meaningful upward revisions to previous months should raise construction activity in Q4 GDP. The value of [...]
- Global| Mar 02 2020
Warm-Weather Driven Jump in U.S. Construction Spending in January
• Construction spending hammered 1.8% higher in January. • Unseasonably warm weather in January very likely played a role. • Meaningful upward revisions to previous months should raise construction activity in Q4 GDP. The value of [...]
- Global| Feb 28 2020
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The Chicago Purchasing Managers' Business Barometer declined to 42.9 during January.......... The MNI Chicago Report is produced by MNI in partnership with ISM-Chicago. The survey covers a sample of over 200 purchasing professionals [...]
- Global| Feb 28 2020
U.S. Chicago Business Barometer Rebounds in February; Employment Declines
• Chicago PMI jumps to 49.0 in February, still below 50-growth mark. • ISM-Adjusted measure calculated by Haver Analytics rises above 50. • Employment index decreases to 44.5, near nine-year low. The Chicago Purchasing Managers [...]
- Global| Feb 27 2020
U.S. Pending Home Sales Rebound Amidst Lower Interest Rates
• Pending home sales jumped 5.2% in January after falling 4.3% in December. • Prospective sales rose in all regions except the West. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending home sales gained 5.2% in January [...]
- Global| Feb 27 2020
U.S. Pending Home Sales Rebound Amidst Lower Interest Rates
• Pending home sales jumped 5.2% in January after falling 4.3% in December. • Prospective sales rose in all regions except the West. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending home sales gained 5.2% in January [...]
- Global| Feb 14 2020
737 MAX and Utilities Push U.S. Industrial Production Lower
• Industrial production declined 0.3% in January with both manufacturing and utility output contracting. • Factory production edged down 0.1% as the 737 MAX shutdown led to a 10.7% plummet in aircraft. • Utility output fell 4.0% with [...]
- Global| Feb 14 2020
737 MAX and Utilities Push U.S. Industrial Production Lower
• Industrial production declined 0.3% in January with both manufacturing and utility output contracting. • Factory production edged down 0.1% as the 737 MAX shutdown led to a 10.7% plummet in aircraft. • Utility output fell 4.0% with [...]
• Consumer credit jumped $22.1 billion in December. • Credit growth for 2019 was fairly steady at 4.7% versus 4.8% in 2018. Consumer credit outstanding increased $22.1 billion (4.7% year-on-year) to $4.197 trillion in December, [...]
• Construction spending decreased 0.2% in December. • Upward revisions to previous months suggest little impact on Q4 GDP. • Strong residential construction was offset by weak non-residential, consistent with the Q4 GDP data. The [...]
• Construction spending decreased 0.2% in December. • Upward revisions to previous months suggest little impact on Q4 GDP. • Strong residential construction was offset by weak nonresidential, consistent with the Q4 GDP data. The value [...]
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