Manufacturers' orders for durable goods rose 0.2% in August (-3.0% year-on-year) following a 2.0% increase in July. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected a 1.0% decline. Orders in the transportation sector decreased 0.4% [...]
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| Sep 27 2019U.S. Durable Goods Orders Increase While Core Capital Goods Decline
- Global| Sep 24 2019
U.S. FHFA House Price Appreciation Slower but Still Solid
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Price Index increased 0.4% in July, following a slightly upwardly revised 0.2% increase in June (was 0.1%). Over the last year, home prices are up 5.0%, after growing 4.9% year-on-year in [...]
- Global| Sep 19 2019
U.S. Current Account Deficit Narrows as Income Surplus Increases
The U.S. current account deficit narrowed to $130.4 billion during Q1'19 from $143.9 billion during Q4'18....... The surplus on primary income rose modestly to $61.1 billion, down versus the record high of $66.4 billion reached one [...]
- Global| Sep 19 2019
U.S. Current Account Deficit Narrows as Income Surplus Increases
The U.S. current account deficit narrowed to $128.2 billion during Q2'19 from an upwardly-revised $136.2 bil. during Q1'19 (was $130.4 bil.). The Action Economics Forecast Survey anticipated a $127.4 bil. deficit. As a percent of GDP, [...]
- Global| Sep 13 2019
Import and Export Prices Fall with Commodity Prices
Import prices fell a greater-than-expected 0.5% during August (-2.0% year-on-year), following a downwardly revised 0.1% gain in July (was 0.2%). The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected a 0.4% decline in August. These figures are [...]
- Global| Sep 12 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Fall; Labor Day Holiday and Hurricane Create Challenges
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell 15,000 to 204,000 (-1.9% year-on-year) during the week ending September 7 from a slightly upwardly-revised reading of 219,000 in the previous week (was 217,000). This is the lowest level [...]
- Global| Sep 12 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Fall; Labor Day Holiday and Hurricane Create Challenges
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell 15,000 to 204,000 (-1.9% year-on-year) during the week ending September 7 from a slightly upwardly-revised reading of 219,000 in the previous week (was 217,000). This is the lowest level [...]
- Global| Sep 04 2019
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The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services eased to $54.0 billion during July from $55.5 billion in June..... The international trade data, including relevant data on oil prices, can be found in Haver's USECON database. Detailed [...]
- Global| Sep 03 2019
U.S. ISM Nonmanufacturing and Composite Indexes Erase Last Month’s Rise
PREVIOUS>>>>The Composite Index of Nonmanufacturing Sector Activity from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) increased to 56.4 during August..... The ISM figures are available in Haver's USECON database, with additional detail [...]
- Global| Aug 30 2019
U.S. Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims Decline Sharply
Personal income increased 0.4% (4.9% y/y) during June ......... Personal consumption expenditures increased 0.3% during June........... The personal income and consumption figures are available in Haver's USECON database with detail [...]
- Global| Aug 30 2019
U.S. Personal Income and Spending....
Personal income increased 0.4% (4.9% y/y) during June ......... Personal consumption expenditures increased 0.3% during June........... The personal income and consumption figures are available in Haver's USECON database with detail [...]
- Global| Aug 30 2019
Healthy Spending Accompanies Modest U.S. Personal Income
Personal income edged up 0.1% (4.6% year-on-year) in July after an upwardly-revised 0.5% gain in June (was 0.4%). The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected 0.3%. Employee compensation grew 0.2% (5.0% y/y), transfers were up a [...]
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