Wednesday, February 19, 2014

It's The Economy Stupid: Meterologists versus Economists

I am trying to figure out the economic numbers relative to the weather disruptions that the U.S. has experienced this winter.  I have come to the conclusion that meteorologists are better at predicting the weather than economists are at predicting the economy.

 

PPI was okay, no bigee.  Mortgage Apps were bad, Housing Starts and Building Permits were not as bad as they could have been, but much worse than economists predicted (See paragraph above). 

 

Economic Event

Period

Economic Survey

Actual Reported

Original Prior

Revised Prior

MBA Mortgage Applications

41684

--

-4.1%

-2.0%

--

PPI Final Demand MoM

Jan

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

--

PPI Ex Food and Energy MoM

Jan

0.1%

0.2%

0.0%

--

PPI Final Demand YoY

Jan

1.2%

1.2%

1.1%

--

PPI Ex Food and Energy YoY

Jan

1.4%

1.3%

1.2%

--

Housing Starts

Jan

950K

880K

999K

1048K

Housing Starts MoM

Jan

-4.9%

-16.0%

-9.8%

-4.8%

Building Permits

Jan

975K

937K

986K

991K

Building Permits MoM

Jan

-1.6%

-5.4%

-3.0%

-2.6%

 

 

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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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