Industrial Production

Today’s not-much-noticed Industrial Production data release showed that January’s Industrial Production was up a bit from December. This report also indicated that capacity utilization increased a bit in January from December. Notice, charts below, capacity utilization and industrial production have been improving for 6 months now. This is enough to indicate a trend, indicating . . . → Read More: Industrial Production

Today’s United States Economic News

The Economic news is mostly negative today with Consumer Confidence dropping below the consensus forecast. MGIC, the nation’s third largest mortgage insurer, posted a third quarter $518 million loss after a record number of homeowners failed to meet their mortgage payments. Bank of America posted a $2.2 billion loss, although $400 million of that . . . → Read More: Today’s United States Economic News