Producer Price Index - Final Demand (PPI-FD) for August 2024

The Producer Price Index - Final Demand (PPI-FD) for August 2024 was released this morning:

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Previous Month: +0.1%

• Actual: +0.2%

Change from 12 months previous:  +1.7%  (prior = +2.2%)

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Below is the PPI-FD when food, energy and trade services are removed:

Previous Month: +0.3%

• Actual: +0.3%

Change from 12 months previous:  +3.3%  (prior = +3.3%)

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The above, yellow-highlighted percentages represent the month-to-month change in prices received by domestic producers of goods and services, for goods, services and construction in the United States, for final demand.

Final Demand = personal consumption (consumers), exports, government purchases and capital investment.

The PPI-FD is released by the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

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CHART: Producer Price Index
  Final Demand (PPI-FD)
12-Month Percent Change
AUGUST 2024 Update

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Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of September 6, 2024

Crude Oil Inventories

The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on September 6, 2024 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: +800,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): -1,400,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 419,100,000 Barrels

Diminishing crude oil inventories often translate to higher crude oil and fuel prices (and vice versa), but not always.

The report is produced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2024

Earlier this morning, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2024:

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CPI During August 2024: 314.796

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Consumer Price Index, Headline

Predicted: +0.5%

->  Actual: +0.081% (+0.256 point) M/M

 > Year-on-Year Change: +2.53 %(+7.77 points)

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Consumer Price Index, Minus Food + Energy (Core CPI)

Predicted: +0.5%

 - > Actual: +0.25% (+0.803 point) M/M

> Year-on-Year Change: +3.197% (+9.914 points)

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The above, yellow-highlighted figures represent month-to-month change (not seasonally adjusted) in prices for a specific group of goods and services that consumers buy, and is, therefore, a very important part of the overall inflation picture for the country.

The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

General categories that constitute the CPI are:

• Healthcare
• Housing
• Clothing
• Communications
• Education
• Transportation
• Food and Beverages
• Recreation
• Miscellaneous Goods and Services (grooming expenses, etc.)

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CPI During August 2023: 307.026

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CHART: Consumer Price Index
12-Month Percentage Change
AUGUST 2024 Update

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Employment Situation Report for August 2024

The Employment Situation Report for August 2024 was released by The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning:

Nonfarm Payrolls (month-to-month change)
Actual: +142,000

Previous Month (Revised): 89,000
One Year Previous: 210,000

U-3 Unemployment Rate (Headline)
Actual: 4.2%
Previous Month: 4.3%
12 Months Previous: 3.8%

U-6 Unemployment Rate*
Actual: 7.9%
Previous Month: 7.8%
12 Months Previous: 7.1%

Average Hourly Earnings (month-to-month change)
Predicted: +0.4%
Actual: +0.4% (+$0.14)

Average Hourly Earnings (year-on-year change)
Predicted: +4.1%
Actual: +3.83% (+$1.30)

Average Weekly Earnings (month-to-month change)
Actual: +0.69% (+$8.31)

Average Weekly Earnings (year-on-year change)
Actual: +3.53% (+$41.20)

Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate: 62.7%
Previous Month: 62.7%
12 Months Previous: 62.8%

Average Workweek: 34.3 hours
Previous Month: 34.2 hours
One Year Previous: 34.4 hours

Economist, academics, central bankers and investors pay very close attention to the monthly Employment Situation report as it offers penetrating insight as to the current and near-future state of the overall U.S. economy. If a) Americans are earning more money and b) the economy is creating new jobs, this typically translates to more money being pumped into the economy (and vice versa.)

The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

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CHART: Civilian Unemployment Rate
AUGUST 2004 THRU AUGUST 2024

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 * =  The U-6 Unemployment Rate is defined as:

"Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force."

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Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of August 30, 2024

Crude Oil Inventories

The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on August 30, 2024 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: -6,900,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): +1,700,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 418,300,000 Barrels

Diminishing crude oil inventories often translate to higher crude oil and fuel prices (and vice versa), but not always.

The report is produced by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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