Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased 4,000 to 215,000 (unchanged year-on-year) during the week ending August 24 from a slightly upwardly-revised 211,000 in the prior week. Two weeks ago, claims rose to 221,000. The [...]
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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| Aug 29 2019U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Zigzag Higher
- Global| Aug 29 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Zigzag Higher
Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased 4,000 to 215,000 (unchanged year-on-year) during the week ending August 24 from a slightly upwardly-revised 211,000 in the prior week. Two weeks ago, claims rose to 221,000. The [...]
- Global| Aug 27 2019
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that its House Price Index for home purchases inched 0.1% higher during May... The FHFA house price index is a weighted purchase-only index that measures average price changes in [...]
- Global| Aug 27 2019
U.S. FHFA House Price Appreciation Continues to Slow
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Price Index edged up 0.1% in June, following a 0.2% increase in May. Over the last year, home prices are up 4.8%, the slowest rate of increase and the first time home price appreciation has [...]
- Global| Aug 26 2019
Transportation Drives U.S. Durable Goods Orders Higher
Manufacturers' orders for durable goods rose 2.1% in July (0.7% year-on-year) following a slightly downwardly revised increase of 1.8% gain in June. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected a 1.4% gain. Orders for transportation [...]
- Global| Aug 15 2019
U.S. Industrial Production Lower on Manufacturing and Mining
Industrial production declined 0.2% during July (+0.5% year-on-year) following an offsetting revisions to May and June – now both 0.2% gains revised from 0.4% and unchanged respectively. The Action Economics Survey forecast a 0.1% [...]
- Global| Aug 15 2019
U.S. Productivity Growth Increases in Q2, But Downward Revisions Shift Trend
Productivity in the nonfarm business sector grew at a greater-than-expected 2.3% seasonally adjusted annual rate during Q2’19 (1.8% year-on-year), following a slightly upwardly-revised 3.5% gain in Q1’19 (was 3.4%). The Action [...]
- Global| Aug 15 2019
U.S. Industrial Production Lower on Manufacturing and Mining
Industrial production declined 0.2% during July (+0.5% year-on-year) following offsetting revisions to May and June -- now both 0.2% gains revised from 0.4% and unchanged respectively. The Action Economics Survey forecast a 0.1% [...]
- Global| Aug 15 2019
U.S. Productivity Growth Increases in Q2, But Downward Revisions Shift Trend
Productivity in the nonfarm business sector grew at a greater-than-expected 2.3% seasonally adjusted annual rate during Q2'19 (1.8% year-on-year), following a slightly upwardly-revised 3.5% gain in Q1'19 (was 3.4%). The Action [...]
- Global| Jul 25 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Zigzag Lower
Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 10,000 to 206,000 (-5.1% year-on-year) during the week ending July 20th from an unrevised 216,000. Two weeks ago, claims dropped to 208,000, though it included the July 4th holiday [...]
- Global| Jul 25 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Zigzag Lower
Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 10,000 to 206,000 (-5.1% year-on-year) during the week ending July 20 from an unrevised 216,000. Two weeks ago, claims dropped to 208,000, though it included the July 4th holiday [...]
- Global| Jul 18 2019
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Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 13,000 to 209,000 (-1.4% year-on-year) during the week ending July 6...... Continuing claims for unemployment insurance increased 27,000 to 1.723 million (-1.3% y/y) in the week [...]
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