Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased to 196,000 (-13.7% year-on-year) during the week ended April 6 from a slightly upwardly-revised 204,000 in the previous week. This is the lowest level of claims since October 1969. [...]
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| Apr 11 2019U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline to 50-Year Low
- Global| Apr 09 2019
Continued Ascent in U.S. Oil and Gasoline Prices
Retail gasoline prices increased to $2.75 per gallon last week (1.9% year-on-year), the highest level since early November 2018. Haver Analytics constructs factors adjusting for the seasonal variation in gasoline pump prices. The [...]
- Global| Apr 05 2019
U.S. Consumer Credit Slows
Consumer Credit - M/M change $17.04253 Billion in Jan 2018 - Nov 21.06845 2018 - Dec 15.37630 2019 - Jan 17.04253 The consumer credit data are available in Haver's USECON database. The Action Economics figures are contained in the [...]
- Global| Apr 05 2019
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Consumer Credit - M/M change $17.04253 Billion in Jan 2018 - Nov 21.06845 2018 - Dec 15.37630 2019 - Jan 17.04253 The consumer credit data are available in Haver's USECON database. The Action Economics figures are contained in the [...]
- Global| Apr 05 2019
U.S. Consumer Credit Slows
Consumer credit outstanding increased $15.18 billion (5.0% year-on-year) to $4.046 trillion during February, following an upwardly revised $17.72 bil. in January (was $17.04 bil.). A $17.5 billion gain had been expected in the Action [...]
- Global| Apr 03 2019
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The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index rose 1.6% (1.8% y/y) during the week ending March 15........ The survey covers over 75% of all U.S. retail residential mortgage applications and has [...]
- Global| Apr 03 2019
U.S. Factory Orders Inch Higher; Shipments Fall Again
Manufacturers' orders gained 0.1% (4.2% y/y) during January, the same as in December which was unrevised. ......... The factory sector figures are available in Haver's USECON database. Factory Sector (% chg) - NAICS Classification Feb [...]
- Global| Apr 03 2019
U.S. Mortgage Loan Applications Jump as Interest Rates Fall
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its total Mortgage Applications Index leapt 18.6% (29.8% year-on-year) during the week ending March 29. The volume of applications reached its highest level since October 2016. [...]
- Global| Apr 01 2019
U.S. Business Inventories and Sales Rise in January
Total business inventories increased 0.8% (5.3% year-on-year) during January, the second consecutive monthly gain of this magnitude (this report was delayed as a result of the government shutdown). Total business sales rose 0.3% (2.8% [...]
- Global| Mar 28 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline to Near 50-Year Low
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell 9,000 in the week ended March 16 to 221,000.... Continuing claims for unemployment insurance fell in the week ended March 9 to 1.750 million ... Data on weekly unemployment claims going [...]
- Global| Mar 28 2019
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Decline to Near 50-Year Low
Initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased to 211,000 (-2.8% year-on-year) during the week ended March 23 from a downwardly-revised 216,000 in the previous week. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected 224,000 claims. [...]
- Global| Mar 22 2019
Wholesale Inventories and Sales Rise
Wholesale inventories increased 1.2% month-on-month (7.7% year-over-year) during January following a 1.1% gain (this report was delayed as a result of the government shutdown). The Informa Global Markets Survey expected a 0.2% rise. [...]
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