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Last Week’s Highlights New Zealand Retail Sales Fare Better Than Expected The latest retail sales report for the quarter from New Zealand showed that the decline was much lower than expected. Retail sales fell by 15% on the quarter ending…

Yesterday, President Trump once again came out ahead of the big event of the week to tease that the NFP report would be significantly positive. We should note that the President does have advanced access to the information - or at least…

Last Week’s Highlights US Durable Goods Orders Rise in June Durable goods orders in the US rose by 7.3% in June, marking a sustained rebound after the plunge earlier this year. Data from the Commerce Department also showed a downward…

Forecasters were caught off guard (the polite way of saying their prediction was way off) by the sudden increase in job creation in May. Now, they have switched to being optimistic about the release on Thursday. They are now projecting…

We are expecting another massive drop in payrolls this time around. However, we don't expect it to be as dramatic as last month. Just how bad the numbers will be might have more to do with timing than the underlying situation in the…

Last week’s highlights Japan’s industrial output falls 9.1% in April Japan’s industrial output for April fell strongly by 9.1%, according to data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry. This was bigger than the forecasts of a…