Output per hour in the nonfarm business sector was revised up to a 2.3% gain at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in Q3'18 (1.3% year-over-year), from the previously reported 2.2% increase. In Q2 productivity growth remained at a 3.0% [...]
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| Dec 06 2018U.S. Productivity Revised Slightly Higher in Q3; Unit Labor Costs Lower
- Global| Dec 06 2018
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens to 10-Year High; Record Goods Shortfall
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services widened for the fifth consecutive month to $55.49 billion in October from an upwardly revised $54.56 billion in September. This was the largest deficit since October 2008. A deficit of [...]
- Global| Nov 29 2018
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Initial claims for unemployment insurance rose 3,000 in the week ended November 17 to 224,000....... Continuing claims for unemployment insurance actually decreased slightly in the November 10 week to 1.668 million Data on weekly [...]
- Global| Nov 29 2018
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Rise to Highest Level Since Mid-May
Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased to 234,000 (-2.1% y/y) during the week ended November 24 from an unrevised 224,000 in the previous week. This is the highest number of initial claims since mid-May, though claims [...]
- Global| Nov 15 2018
PUT NEW TT Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Growth Continues; Pricing Pressure Eases
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve reported that its General Factory Sector Business Conditions Index dipped to 22.2 during October.......... The figures from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve dating back to 1968 can be found in Haver's [...]
- Global| Nov 15 2018
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Drops; Pricing Pressures Stabilize
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve reported that its General Factory Sector Business Conditions Index declined more than expected to 12.9 in November from 22.2 in October. The Action Economics Forecast Survey median was 21.0. These [...]
- Global| Nov 02 2018
U.S. Trade Deficit Increases for Fourth Consecutive Month in September
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services widened further to $54.02 billion in September from a slightly upwardly revised $53.31 billion in August. This was the largest deficit since February. A deficit of $53.4 billion had been [...]
- Global| Nov 02 2018
U.S. Trade Deficit Increases for Fourth Consecutive Month in September
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services widened further to $54.02 billion in September from a slightly upwardly revised $53.31 billion in August. This was the largest deficit since February. A deficit of $53.4 billion had been [...]
- Global| Oct 25 2018
U.S. Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance Move Higher
Initial claims for unemployment insurance increased to 215,000 (-8.1% y/y) during the week ended October 20 from an unrevised 210,000 in the previous week. The Action Economics Forecast Survey expected a reading of 213,000. The four- [...]
- Global| Oct 16 2018
U.S. JOLTS: Job Openings Rate Hits A Record Level
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the total job openings rate during July held steady m/m at a record 4.4%........ The Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) survey dates to December 2000 and the figures are available [...]
- Global| Oct 16 2018
U.S. JOLTS: Job Openings Rate Hits Another Record
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the total job openings rate rose to a record 4.6% in August; July was revised higher to 4.5%. The job openings rate is the job openings level as a percent of total employment plus the job [...]
- Global| Oct 15 2018
Empire State Manufacturing Index Increases; Prices Decline
The Empire State Manufacturing Index of General Business Conditions rose to 21.1 in October, reversing some of September's decline to 19.0. This survey has been range-bound for roughly the last year. The Action Economics Forecast [...]
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