Alfie Meek's Weekly Economic Digest and Commentary

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Weekly Economic Update - 05-16-25: Small Business Optimism; CPI; PPI; Retail Sales; Home Builder Confidence; and Building Permits & Housing…
Apartment construction continues to rise because no one can afford their own home.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 05-09-25: April Employment; Factory Orders; ISM Manufacturing & Services; and Consumer Credit
April employment shows little sign of damage from the trade war.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 05-02-25: Case-Shiller Home Prices; Consumer Confidence; JOLTS; Personal Income & Spending; PCE Inflation; and First…
Consumers fear tariff-induced inflation, but it isn't showing up in the numbers. And they just keep on spending.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

April 2025

Weekly Economic Update 04-25-25: Leading Economic Indicators; New Home Sales; Existing Home Sales; and Durable Goods
New home sales surged in March, while existing homes tumbled and the prices for the two are virtually the same.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 04-18-25: Retail Sales; Industrial Production; Home Builder Confidence; Building Permits and Housing Starts
Home construction slows as mortgage rates rebound and builders sour on the outlook.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 04-11-25: Consumer Credit; Small Business Optimism; Consumer Price Index; and Producer Price Index
Inflation is falling? Wait, what? But they told us tariffs were supposed to be inflationary.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 04-04-25: Liberation Day; ISM Manufacturing; Factory Orders; ISM Services; JOLTS; and March Employment
Conflicting hard and soft data on the manufacturing sector, as well as overall employment, raise questions about the true strength of the economy.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

March 2025

Weekly Economic Update 03-28-25: Income Tax; New Home Sales; Consumer Confidence; Durable Goods; Personal Income & Spending; and PCE…
Inflation ticks back up as the manufacturing recovery continues.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 03-21-25: Consumer Sentiment; Retail Sales; Home Builder Confidence; Building Permits & Housing Starts; Existing Home…
Consumers appear to be concerned, but the industrial sector is on fire.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 03-13-25: Consumer Debt; Small Business Optimism; Consumer Price Index; and Producer Price Index
Amidst uncertainty and chaos, inflation takes a pause...unless you like eggs.
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.
Weekly Economic Update 03-03-25: Atlanta Fed GDPNow; ISM Manufacturing; Factory Orders; ISM Services; and the February Jobs Report
The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model predicts recession despite positive news on the service economy and strong growth in manufacturing jobs
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Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

February 2025

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