According to the recent petroleum and oil weekly report published by the Energy Information Administration, there is an analysis on the impact of oil production on imports – as production of light sweet crude rises, imports tend to fall. During…
Yesterday, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on the shifts in number of new homes sold in the U.S during August 2012: the number of new homes sales edged down compared with the number of new homes sold during July 2012.…
The U.S consumer confidence index changed direction and rose during September, after this index had fallen during August. . According to the latest U.S. consumer confidence survey, the consumer confidence index rose in September compared with August’s index: The index…
Natural gas prices continued to rally during most of last week, but during this week they have changed direction and tumbled down. The total NG demand declined last week mainly due to the drop in the demand in the power…
Yesterday, the ninth survey of 2012 for the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index for September was published. This survey estimates the U.S. manufacturing conditions. According to the recent survey the conditions have slightly improved again but the index was still negative…
According to the latest petroleum and oil weekly report prepared by the Energy Information Administration, there is an analysis of the oil market volatility, in which the implied volatility is still high relative to the historic volatility due to the…
According to the recent U.S. Census Bureau report regarding the new residential construction statistics for August 2012, the annual rate of housing starts increased while the rate of building permits declined. This report sends a mixed signal as to the…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics published today its latest report of the U.S CPI for August 2012. According to the recent update, the consumer price index rose by 0.6% after it had remained flat for the previous two consecutive months;…
The FOMC concluded its sixth meeting this year and as the market had anticipated, the Fed announced it will launch QE3 that will consist of purchasing additional agency mortgage-backed securities at a pace of $40 billion per month. The Fed…
According to the latest producer price index monthly report, which came out today, the PPI for finished goods rose by 1.7% in August compared with July’s index. This report serves as an indicator for the developments in the U.S core…