Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased 8,000 to 216,000 (1.9% year-on-year) during the week ending July 13 from a slightly downwardly-revised reading of 208,000 in the previous week (was 209,000). The previous week [...]
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| Jul 16 2019TT
The industrial sector exhibited life last month. Industrial production increased 0.4% (2.0% y/y) during May Industrial production and capacity data and US Population-Weighted Heating and Cooling Days are included in Haver's USECON [...]
- Global| Jul 16 2019
U.S. Industrial Production Unchanged in June as Utility Output Falls
Industrial production was flat during June (+1.3% year-on-year) following an unrevised 0.4% gain in May. April was revised down slightly to -0.5% from -0.4%. The Action Economics Survey forecast a 0.2% gain in June. Manufacturing [...]
- Global| Jul 11 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline to Four-Month Low
Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 13,000 to 209,000 (-1.4% year-on-year) during the week ending July 6 from a slightly upwardly-revised reading of 222,000 in the previous week (was 221,000). While this is the lowest [...]
- Global| Jul 03 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline to Four-Month Low
Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 13,000 to 209,000 (-1.4% year-on-year) during the week ending July 6 from a slightly upwardly-revised reading of 222,000 in the previous week (was 221,000). While this is the lowest [...]
- Global| Jul 03 2019
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Manufacturers' orders declined 0.8% (+1.0% y/y) during April... The factory sector figures are available in Haver's USECON database. The expectation figure is in the AS1REPNA database. Factory Sector (% chg) - NAICS Classification May [...]
- Global| Jul 03 2019
Weak Factory Orders and Shipments Data
Manufacturers' orders declined a greater-than-expected 0.7% (-1.2% year-on-year) in May following a slightly downwardly-revised 1.2% drop in April (was -0.8%). The Action Economics Forecast survey looked for a 0.5% decrease. Factory [...]
- Global| Jul 03 2019
U.S. ADP Private Payrolls Tick Up
The ADP National Employment Report count of private nonfarm payrolls increased a smaller-than-expected 102,000 in June (1.8% year-on-year) following an upwardly-revised 41,000 gain in May (was 27,000). The April reading was revised [...]
- Global| Jun 28 2019
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The Chicago Purchasing Managers Business Barometer increased to 54.2 during May .......... The MNI Chicago Report is produced by MNI in partnership with ISM-Chicago. The survey covers a sample of over 200 purchasing professionals in [...]
- Global| Jun 28 2019
U.S. Chicago Business Barometer Falls to Three-and-a-Half Year Low
The Chicago Purchasing Managers Business Barometer dropped to 49.7 in June from an unrevised 54.2 in May. This is the lowest reading since February 2015 and suggests little growth or even contracting activity in the Chicago area. The [...]
- Global| Jun 27 2019
U.S. Pending Home Sales Increase Amidst Lower Interest Rates
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending home sales rose 1.1% in May (-0.7% year-on-year), reversing much of April's 1.5% decrease. Meanwhile, mortgage rates continue on their downtrend. The effective rate on a [...]
- Global| Jun 25 2019
U.S. Consumer Confidence Drops
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell a great-than-expected 7.5% to 121.5 in June (-4.4% year-on-year), from a downwardly revised 131.3 in May (was 134.1). This is the lowest reading since September 2017 and well below [...]
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