Import prices grew a less-than-expected 0.2% during April (-0.2% year-on-year) following an unrevised 0.6% gain in March. Prices were up 1.0% in February. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected a 0.7% increase in April. These [...]
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| May 14 2019Import Prices Rise Driven by Energy
- Global| May 09 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Edge Down
Initial claims for unemployment insurance declined 2,000 to 228,000 (+8.1% year-on-year) during the week ended May 4 from an unrevised reading of 230,000 in the previous week. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected claims to [...]
- Global| May 09 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Edge Down
Initial claims for unemployment insurance declined 2,000 to 228,000 (+8.1% year-on-year) during the week ended May 4 from an unrevised reading of 230,000 in the previous week. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected claims to [...]
- Global| Apr 30 2019
U.S. Pending Home Sales Rebound
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that pending home sales jumped 3.8% in March (-1.2% year-on-year). Pending sales declined for most of 2018, dropping in December to its lowest level since April 2014. Pending sales [...]
- Global| Apr 25 2019
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Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased to 192,000 (-15.4% year-on-year) during the week ended April 13 Continuing claims for unemployment insurance declined 63,000 to 1.653 million (-10.7% y/y) in the week ending April [...]
- Global| Apr 25 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Bounce Off 50-Year Low
Initial claims for unemployment insurance jumped 37,000 to 230,000 (9.5% year-on-year) during the week ended April 20 from a slightly upwardly-revised 50-year low of 193,000 in the previous week (was 192,000). The Action Economics [...]
- Global| Apr 18 2019
U.S. Business Inventories and Sales Growth Slows in February
Total business inventories increased 0.3% (4.9% year-on-year) during February, after a slightly upwardly-revised 0.9% gain in January. Total business sales edged up 0.1% (2.4% y/y) following a 0.3% rise. The inventory-to-sales (I/S) [...]
- Global| Apr 18 2019
PUT NEW TT U.S. Business Inventories and Sales Rise in January
Total business inventories increased 0.8% (5.3% year-on-year) during January.... Total business sales rose 0.3% (2.8% y/y), following a 0.9% decrease in December. The inventory-to-sales (I/S) ratio ticked up to 1.39, the fourth [...]
- Global| Apr 18 2019
U.S. Business Inventories and Sales Growth Slows in February
Total business inventories increased 0.3% (4.9% year-on-year) during February, after a slightly upwardly-revised 0.9% gain in January. Total business sales edged up 0.1% (2.4% y/y) following a 0.3% rise. The inventory-to-sales (I/S) [...]
- Global| Apr 17 2019
U.S. Mortgage Loan Applications Decline As Interest Rates Rise
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index fell 5.6% (+24.1% y/y) during the week ending April 5......... The survey covers over 75% of all U.S. retail residential mortgage applications and [...]
- Global| Apr 17 2019
U.S. Mortgage Loan Applications Decline as Interest Rates Edge Up
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index decreased 3.5% (+14.9% year-on-year) during the week ending April 12. Applications to purchase a home increased 0.9% (7.0% y/y), while refinance [...]
- Global| Apr 11 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline to 50-Year Low
Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased to 196,000 (-13.7% year-on-year) during the week ended April 6th from a slightly upwardly-revised 204,000 in the previous week. This is the lowest level of claims since October 1969. [...]
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