Friday, February 14, 2014

It's The Economy Stupid: Air Ball

These are not good numbers.  They all missed.  It’s like an air ball in the NBA All-Star Game.

 

Import Prices went up.

Industrial Production went down.

Capacity Utilization decreased.

Manufacturing Production produced less.

 

Economic Event

Period

Economic Survey

Actual Reported

Original Prior

Revised Prior

Import Price Index MoM

Jan

-0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

0.2%

Import Price Index YoY

Jan

-1.8%

-1.5%

-1.3%

-1.1%

Industrial Production MoM

Jan

0.2%

-0.3%

0.3%

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Capacity Utilization

Jan

79.3%

78.5%

79.2%

78.9%

Manufacturing (SIC) Production

Jan

0.1%

-0.8%

0.4%

0.3%

 

 

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Life is good!  The alternative?  Not so much.

 

John Broussard

Assistant State Treasurer

Chief Investment Officer

State of Louisiana

Department of the Treasury

225-342-0013

jbroussard@treasury.state.la.us

 

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