After an outsize decline in the previous week, seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims belied market expectations in the week ending November 23, falling 10,000 to 316,000. The market consensus had looked for a modest rebound [...]
Introducing
Sandy Batten
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Sandy Batten has more than 30 years of experience analyzing industrial economies and financial markets and a wide range of experience across the financial services sector, government, and academia. Before joining Haver Analytics, Sandy was a Vice President and Senior Economist at Citibank; Senior Credit Market Analyst at CDC Investment Management, Managing Director at Bear Stearns, and Executive Director at JPMorgan. In 2008, Sandy was named the most accurate US forecaster by the National Association for Business Economics. He is a member of the New York Forecasters Club, NABE, and the American Economic Association. Prior to his time in the financial services sector, Sandy was a Research Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Senior Staff Economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the US Treasury, and Economist at the International Monetary Fund. Sandy has taught economics at St. Louis University, Denison University, and Muskingun College. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in a wide range of academic publications. He has a B.A. in economics from the University of Richmond and a M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University.
Publications by Sandy Batten
Global| Nov 27 2013U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims Fall Further
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Nov 27 2013
November U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rebounds Slightly
Consumer sentiment from the Reuters/University of Michigan survey rebounded slightly in the second half of November - to 75.1 from the early-November reading of 72.0 and October's 73.2. The market consensus had looked for a slightly [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Nov 27 2013
U.S. October Durable Goods Orders Slip on Swing in Aircraft Orders
U.S. durable goods orders fell 2.0% in October, in line with market expectations, after an upwardly revised 4.1% monthly jump in September. A wide swing in transportation orders (mostly aircraft) was behind both the September increase [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Nov 26 2013
U.S. Consumer Confidence Falls Further in November
Consumer confidence fell further in November - to 70.4 after having plunged in October from September's 80.2. The outsize October move had been attributed mostly to the federal government shutdown and budget battle that had transpired [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
- Global| Nov 26 2013
September and October U.S. Housing Permits
US housing permits for both September and October were released today, with the release of September data having been delayed by the federal government shutdown (October 1-16, 2013). However, housing starts data for September and [...]
by:Sandy Batten
|in:Economy in Brief
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