Total business inventories increased 0.5% (5.3% year-on-year) during April, after being unchanged in March (unrevised). Total business sales decreased 0.2% (+2.8% y/y) following a 1.3% gain (revised down from 1.6%). The inventory-to- [...]
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| Jun 14 2019U.S. Business Inventories Rise in April as Sales Decline
- Global| Jun 07 2019
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Consumer credit outstanding increased $10.27 billion (5.0% y/y) during March........... The consumer credit data are available in Haver's USECON database. The Action Economics figures are contained in the AS1REPNA database. Consumer [...]
- Global| Jun 07 2019
Wholesale Inventories Rise as Sales Decline
Wholesale inventories increased 0.8% in April (7.6% year-over-year), following no change in March (revised up from a 0.1% decline). The Informa Global Markets Survey anticipated a 0.7% rise. Wholesale inventory swings can have a [...]
- Global| Jun 07 2019
Faster Than Expected U.S. Consumer Credit Growth
Consumer credit outstanding increased $17.49 billion (5.1% year-on-year) to $4.070 trillion in April, following an upwardly revised $11.0 bil. in March (was $10.3 bil,). A $12.3 billion gain had been expected by the Action Economics [...]
- Global| Jun 07 2019
Wholesale Inventories Rise as Sales Decline
Wholesale inventories increased 0.8% in April (7.6% year-over-year), following no change in March (revised up from a 0.1% decline). The Informa Global Markets Survey anticipated a 0.7% rise. Wholesale inventory swings can have a [...]
The value of construction put-in-place was flat in April (-1.2% year-on-year) following an upwardly-revised 0.1% gain in March (was -0.9%). February was also revised higher, to 1.0% from 0.7%. The Action Economics Forecast Survey had [...]
The value of construction put-in-place was flat in April (-1.2% year-on-year) following an upwardly-revised 0.1% gain in March (was -0.9%). February was also revised higher, to 1.0% from 0.7%. The Action Economics Forecast Survey had [...]
- Global| May 30 2019
U.S. Pending Home Sales Decline Despite Lower Mortgage Rates
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending home sales fell 1.5% in April (-2.0% year-on-year), reversing some of March’s 3.9% gain. Meanwhile, mortgage rates continue on their downtrend. The effective rate on a [...]
- Global| May 30 2019
U.S. Pending Home Sales Decline Despite Lower Mortgage Rates
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending home sales fell 1.5% in April (-2.0% year-on-year), reversing some of March's 3.9% gain. Meanwhile, mortgage rates continue on their downtrend. The effective rate on a [...]
- Global| May 15 2019
Weak Manufacturing Drives U.S. Industrial Production Lower
Industrial production fell a greater-than-expected 0.5% (+0.9% year-on-year) during April following an upwardly-revised 0.2% gain in March (was -0.1%). The Action Economics Survey forecast an unchanged reading for April. Manufacturing [...]
- Global| May 15 2019
Weak Manufacturing Drives U.S. Industrial Production Lower
Industrial production fell a greater-than-expected 0.5% (+0.9% year-on-year) during April following an upwardly-revised 0.2% gain in March (was -0.1%). The Action Economics Survey forecast an unchanged reading for April. Manufacturing [...]
- Global| May 14 2019
Import Prices Rise Driven by Energy
The Labor Department reported that import prices increased 0.6% during March and were unchanged y/y......... Export prices increased 0.7% (0.6% y/y) for a second consecutive month.......... The import and export price series can be [...]
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