Small Business Optimism Index
Small Business Optimism Index
http://www.nfib-sbet.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/SBET-July-2018.pdf
Producer Price Index
• MoM Change of
-0.1% (survey
was +0.2%)
• YoY Change of
2.8% (survey
was 3.2%)
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
Consumer Price Index
CPI excl. Food and Energy up 0.1%
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
http://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/
Retail Sales
• MoM increase of just 0.1%
below expectations of 0.4%
• YoY increased by 6.6%, this is
the 4th consecutive month above
6%.
• Nonstore retailers up 10.4% YoY
and account for 10.7% of sales
https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/www/marts_current.pdf
Inventories
https://www.census.gov/mtis/www/data/pdf/mtis_current.pdf
4.4%