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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Producer Price Index - Final Demand (PPI-FD) for AUGUST 2025

Here is the Producer Price Index - Final Demand (PPI-FD) for AUGUST 2025:

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Previous Month (revised): +0.7

  • Actual: -0.1%

Change from 12 months previous:  +2.6% 
(prior - unrevised = +3.3%)

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Below is the PPI-FD when Food, Energy and Trade Services are removed:

Previous Month (un
revised): +0.6% 

  • Actual: +0.3%

Change from 12 months previous:  +2.8% 
(prior - unrevised = +2.8%)


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

  • PPI-FD Goods, Year-on-Year: +2.1% (prior = +1.9%)
  • PPI-FD Services, Year-on-Year: +2.9% (prior = +4.0%)


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

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.
 
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CHART: Producer Price Index   Final Demand (PPI-FD) 12-Month Percent Change - AUGUST 2025 Update

CHART: Producer Price Index
  Final Demand (PPI-FD)
12-Month Percent Change
AUGUST 2025 Update

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Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of September 5, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Inventories


The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on September 5, 2025 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: +3,900,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): +5,500,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 424,600,000 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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Tuesday, September 09, 2025

NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (SBOI) for AUGUST 2025

The National Federation of Independent Business® (NFIB®) released its Small Business Optimism Index (SBOI) for August 2025:
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Predicted: 100.5
  • Actual: 100.8

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  • Change from Previous Month: +0.5 % (+0.5 point.)
  • Change from A Year Ago: +10.53% (+9.6 points.)

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CHART: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index - AUGUST 2025 Update
CHART: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
AUGUST 2025 Update 

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  • The baseline "100" score is associated with 1986 survey data.
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From the Report:
 
"...INFLATION

The net percent of owners raising average selling prices fell 3 points from July to a net 21% (seasonally adjusted), the lowest reading of this year. Despite the decline, price increases remain above the average of a net 13%, suggesting continued inflationary pressure. Eleven percent of owners reported that inflation was their single most important problem in operating their business (higher input costs), unchanged for the third consecutive month. Tariffs may be starting to impact pricing. Unadjusted, 33% reported higher average prices (down 4 points), and 13% reported lower average selling prices (up 1 point). 
Price hikes were most frequent in construction (42% higher, 12% lower), finance (41% higher, 15% lower), manufacturing (40% higher, 8% lower), and services (39% higher, 3% lower). Notably, the percent of firms raising prices in the wholesale industry fell 32 points from last month. Looking forward to the next three months, a net 26% (seasonally adjusted) plan to increase prices, down 2 points from July.


CREDIT MARKETS

A net 3% reported their last loan was harder to get than in previous attempts, down 1 point from July. Credit availability is not a serious problem for small firms. In August, a net 6% of owners reported paying a higher rate on their most recent loan, up 1 point from July. In August, the average rate paid on short maturity loans was 8.1%, down 0.6 points from July and the lowest reading since May 2023. Twenty-three percent of all owners reported borrowing on a regular basis, down 2 points from July. The last time the percent of business owners borrowing on a regular basis was below 23% was in November 2021..."
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  • Previous Month's SBOI: 100.3
  • SBOI, 12-Months Previous: 91.2
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Thursday, September 04, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of August 29, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Inventories


The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on August 29, 2025 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: +2,400,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): +2,400,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 420,700,000 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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New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of August 30, 2025

Jobless Claims
Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on August 30, 2025:

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Predicted: 230,000

  • Actual: 237,000
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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

 -->  Previous Week (unrevised): 229,000

  • 4-Week Moving Average: 231,000

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Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) for JULY 2025

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS*) for July2025 was released by the Labor Department this morning:
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Job Openings

Predicted: 7,300,000
  • Actual:   7,181,000
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  • Previous Month (revised): 7,357,000

  • Change from Previous Month: -2.4% (-176,000)
     
  • One-Year Previous: 7,504,000

  • Change from One-Year Previous: -4.3% (-323,000)


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HIRES: 5,308,000

HIRES vs. 12 Months Previous: -2.62% (-143,000)

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QUITS: 3,208,000

QUITS vs. 12 Months Previous: -5.37% (-182,000)


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LAYOFFS + DISCHARGES: 1,808,000 

LAYOFFS + DISCHARGES vs. 12 Months Previous: +3.61% (+63,000)

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TOTAL SEPARATIONS §: 5,289,000

TOTAL SEPARATIONS vs. 12 Months Previous: -2.67% (-145,000)

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§ = Here's How The Labor Department Defines Total Separations:


"Total separations includes quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations. Total separations is referred to as turnover. Quits are generally voluntary separations initiated by the employee. Therefore, the quits rate can serve as a measure of workers’ willingness or ability to leave jobs. Layoffs and discharges are involuntary separations initiated by the employer. Other separations includes separations due to retirement, death, disability, and transfers to other locations of the same firm."

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CHART: Number of Jobless People per Job Opening, Seasonally Adjusted - JULY 2010 thru JULY 2025
CHART: Number of Jobless People
per Job Opening, Seasonally Adjusted
JULY 2010 thru JULY 2025

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Wednesday, September 03, 2025

ISM Manufacturing Index for August 2025

Earlier today, the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) released their Manufacturing Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI®) for August, 2025:

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Predicted: 49.0%

  • Actual: 48.7% (+0.7 point month-on-month change)

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Previous month: 48.0%

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Every month, the ISM surveys purchasing and supply executives at hundreds of companies across the country who are involved in manufacturing in some form. The resulting index is watched closely by academics, economists and investors because manufacturing accounts for about 12% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The PMI is a reliable barometer of U.S. manufacturing: A PMI above 50% implies that U.S. manufacturing expanded during the month specified, while a reading below 50% implies that the made-in-the-USA sector contracted.

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From Today's Report:

"...Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in August for the sixth consecutive month, following a two-month expansion preceded by 26 straight months of contraction, say the nation's supply executives in the latest ISM® Manufacturing PMI® Report..."

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The Following Is A Sampling Of Quotes
From A Diverse Pool Of U.S. Manufacturers:


  •     ' A 50-percent tariff on imports from Brazil, combined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s elimination of the specialty sugar quota, means certified organic cane sugar -- and everything made with it -- is about to get significantly more expensive.'
      (Food, Beverage + Tobacco Products)

 

  •     ' Orders across most product lines have decreased. Financial expectations for the rest of 2025 have been reduced. Too much uncertainty for us and our customers regarding tariffs and the U.S./global economy.'
      (Chemical Products)

 

  •     'Tariffs continue to be unstable, with suppliers adding surcharges ranging between 2.6% to 50%.'
      (Petroleum + Coal Products)

 

  •     'Tariffs continue to wreak havoc on planning/scheduling activities. New product development costs continue to increase as unexpected tariff increases are announced -- for example, 50% duties on imports from India, and increases to all countries up from original 10%. Our materials/supplies are now rising in price, so our sell pricing is again being reviewed to ensure we keep a sustainable margin.

    Plans to bring production back into U.S. are impacted by higher material costs, making it more difficult to justify the return.'
      (Computer & Electronic Products)

 

  •     ' The construction industry, especially home building, is still at a lower level. With new construction at a low level, our new sales are impacted. We are mainly now relying on replacement business. Cost of goods sold is higher due to tariff-impacted goods.'
      (Machinery)

 

  •     "Domestic sales remain flat but are down four percent from plan by unit volume [tariff pricing].

    Export demand is falling as customers do not accept tariff impacts, which likely will require some production transfers out of the U.S. Supplier deliveries remain consistent with ocean shipping costs dropping significantly.

    Tariff costs have biggest financial impact but also costs of copper and of steel products.'
     (Fabricated Metal Products)

 

  •     ' The trucking industry continues to contract. Our backlog continues to shrink as customers continue to hold off on buying new equipment. This current environment is much worse than the Great Recession of 2008-09. There is absolutely no activity in the transportation equipment industry.

    This is 100% attributable to current tariff policy and the uncertainty it has created. We are also in stagflation: Prices are up due to material tariffs, but volume is way off.'
      (Transportation Equipment)

 

 

  •     ' We’ve implemented our second price increase. "Made in the USA" has become even more difficult due to tariffs on many components. Total price increases so far: 24%; that will only offset tariffs.

    No influence on margin percentage, which will actually drop. In two rounds of layoffs, we have let go of about 15 percent of our U.S. workforce. These are high-paying and high-skilled roles: engineers, marketing, design teams, finance, IT and operations.

    The administration wants manufacturing jobs in the U.S., but we are losing higher-skilled and higher-paying roles. With no stability in trade and economics, capital expenditures spending and hiring are frozen. It’s survival.'
      (Electrical Equipment, Appliances + Components)

 

  •     ' There is still uncertainty in the construction market. Large expansions or investment are hampered by the unknown of costing and the economy. The markets we operate in can be strong short term, but there is an underlying feeling that has you questioning for how long.'
      (Nonmetallic Mineral Products)

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CHART: ISM Manufacturing Index - August 2025 Update

CHART: ISM Manufacturing Index
August 2025 Update

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Sunday, August 31, 2025

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Second (PRELIMINARY) Estimate for Q2, 2025

Earlier this morning, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its second (preliminary) estimate for U.S. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2025:

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Previous quarter: -0.5%

  • Actual: +3.3%

The yellow-highlighted percentage represents the second estimate of the quarter-to-quarter change for Real Gross Domestic Product for the entire United States.

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The GDP is a very broad measure of economic activity for the entire United States, covering all sectors of the economy. The Commerce Department defines real GDP as, "the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States."

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CHART: GDP - Quarter-to-Quarter Change Q2, 2025 - SECOND ESTIMATE / UPDATE
CHART: GDP - Quarter-to-Quarter Change
Q2, 2025 - SECOND ESTIMATE / UPDATE
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CHART: Contributions to Change in Real GDP Q2, 2025 -  SECOND ESTIMATE / UPDATE
CHART: Contributions to Change in Real GDP
Q2, 2025 - 
SECOND ESTIMATE / UPDATE
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Thursday, August 28, 2025

New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of August 23, 2025

Jobless Claims
Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on August 23, 2025:

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Predicted: 230,000

  • Actual: 229,000
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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

 -->  Previous Week (revised): 234,000

  • 4-Week Moving Average: 228,500

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Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of August 22, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Inventories


The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on August 22, 2025 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: -2,400,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): -6,900,000 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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Thursday, August 21, 2025

New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of August 16, 2025

Jobless Claims
Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on August 16, 2025:

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Predicted: 230,000

  • Actual: 235,000
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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

 -->  Previous Week (unrevised): 224,000

  • 4-Week Moving Average: 226,250

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From Today's Report:

 "... The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending August 9 was 1,972,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the highest level for insured unemployment since November 6, 2021 when it was 2,041,000. The previous week's level was revised down by 11,000 from 1,953,000 to 1,942,000. The 4-week moving average was 1,954,500, an increase of 6,500 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised down by 2,750 from 1,950,750 to 1,948,000..."

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Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of August 15, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Inventories


The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on August 15, 2025 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: -5,300,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): -6,000,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 420,700,000 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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Housing Starts During July 2025

The U.S. Commerce Department this morning released its Housing Starts report for July 2025:

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Housing Starts:
Previous Reading (revised): 1,358,000

  • Actual: 1,428,000

Month-on-Month Change: +5.15% (+70,000 New Units)

  • Year-on-Year Change: +12.86% (+163,000 New Units)

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Building Permits:
Previous Reading (revised): 1,393,000

  • Actual: 1,354,000

Month-on-Month Change: -2.8% (-39,000 New Permits)

  • Year-on-Year Change: -5.71%  (-82,000 New Permits)

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Housing Starts: The top, yellow-highlighted figure is a measure of initial construction of single and multi-family residential units in the United States for the indicated month. Seasonally adjusted annual rate. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

If you're wondering about the demand for new homes in the United States, or about the American residential construction industry in general, then you should pay attention to the monthly Housing Starts report. This report also offers insight into specific types of consumer spending: when housing starts are up, demand for the stuff that a consumer would purchase for a new home (large appliances, consumer electronics, furniture, etc.) tends to also rise -- and vice versa.


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CHART: Housing Starts + Building Permits + Completions - JULY 2025 UPDATE
CHART: Housing Starts
+ Building Permits
+ Completions
JULY 2025 UPDATE

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Friday, August 15, 2025

U.S. Retail And Food Services Sales Report for July 2025

The Commerce Department this morning released advance estimates of U.S. Retail and Food Services Sales for July 2025:

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Previous Month (revised): +0.9%

  • Actual: +0.514% (+$3,712,000,000)
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The yellow-highlighted percentage above represents the month-to-month , seasonally adjusted change in total sales receipts for retailers that sell durable and non-durable goods, and retailers that provide food and beverage services.

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  • Est. Retail Sales During July 2025: $726,283,000,000
  • Year-On-Year Change: +3.917% (+$27,374,000,000)

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CHART: Retail Sales - Monthly January 2005 Thru May 2025 JULY 2025 UPDATE
CHART: Retail Sales - Monthly
January 2005 Thru May
2025
JULY 2025 UPDATE

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Thursday, August 14, 2025

Producer Price Index - Final Demand (PPI-FD) for JULY 2025

Here is the Producer Price Index - Final Demand (PPI-FD) for JULY 2025:


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Previous Month (unrevised): FLAT

  • Actual: +0.9%

Change from 12 months previous:  +3.3% 
(prior - unrevised = +2.3%)

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

Previous Month (un
revised): FLAT 

  • Actual: +0.6%

Change from 12 months previous:  +2.8% 
(prior - unrevised = +2.5%)


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

  • PPI-FD Goods, Year-on-Year: +1.9% (prior = +1.7%)
  • PPI-FD Services, Year-on-Year: +4.0% (prior = +2.7%)


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

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.
 
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CHART: Producer Price Index   Final Demand (PPI-FD) 12-Month Percent Change -  JULY 2025 Update
CHART: Producer Price Index
  Final Demand (PPI-FD)
12-Month Percent Change
JULY 2025 Update

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New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of August 9, 2025

Jobless Claims
Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on August 9, 2025:

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Predicted: 220,000

  • Actual: 224,000
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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

 -->  Previous Week (revised): 227,000

  • 4-Week Moving Average: 221,750

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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of August 8, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Inventories


The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on August 8, 2025 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: +3,000,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): -4,000,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 426,700,000 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 July 2025

Earlier this morning, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for July 2025:


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CPI During July 2025: 323.048

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Consumer Price Index (CPI); Headline

Predicted: +0.2%

->  Actual: +0.15% (+0.487 points)

  • Year-on-Year Change+2.7% (+8.508 points)
[prior = +2.67%]


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CPI, Minus Food + Energy (Core CPI)

Predicted: +0.2%

 - > Actual: +0.19% (+0.616 point) M/M

  • Year-on-Year Change: +3.06% (+9.766 points)
[prior = +2.93%]


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The above, yellow- and blue-highlighted figures represent month-to-month and year-on-year changes (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 June 2024: 314.540

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CHART: Consumer Price Index 12-Month Percentage Change JULY 2025 Update
CHART: Consumer Price Index
12-Month Percentage Change
JULY 2025 Update

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Friday, August 08, 2025

New Unemployment Insurance Claims for The Week of August 2, 2025

Jobless Claims
Jobless Claims

Earlier today, the Labor Department released its weekly report on New Jobless Insurance Claims for the week that ended on August 2, 2025:

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Predicted: 220,000

  • Actual: 226,000
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The yellow-highlighted figure represents the number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits for the entire United States. The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

 -->  Previous Week (revised): 219,000

  • 4-Week Moving Average: 220,750

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From Today's Report:

 "...The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.3 percent for the week ending July 26, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending July 26 was 1,974,000, an increase of 38,000 from the previous week's revised level. This is the highest level for insured unemployment since November 6, 2021 when it was 2,041,000..."

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Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories Report for Week of August 1, 2025

Crude Oil Inventories
Crude Oil Inventories


The U.S. Crude Oil Inventories report for the week that ended on August 1, 2025 was released this morning:

-- Change from Last Week: -3,000,000 Barrels

-- Change from A Year Ago (Y/Y): -5,700,000 Barrels

-- Current U.S. Crude Oil Stocks: 423,700,000 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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