Weekly Economic Update 05-15-26: Existing Home Sales; Consumer Price Index; Producer Price Index; and Retail Sales

Inflation is surging so nominal retail sales are rising as consumers add on more and more debt.

8 hrs ago • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 05-08-26: Factory Orders; New Home Sales; ISM Services; Productivity; Consumer Credit; and April Employment

The price of new homes plunged in March.

May 8 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 05-01-26: Case-Shiller Home Price Index; Durable Goods; Building Permits & Starts; First Quarter GDP; Personal Income…

The Fed held rates constant this week and their preferred measure of inflation rose to more than 3%. Rate cuts are off the table, and the next move will…

May 1 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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April 2026

Weekly Economic Update 04-24-26: Just Retail Sales...nothing else.

Retail sales were up big in March...but it was all put in the tank.

Apr 24 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 04-17-26: Existing Home Sales; Small Business Optimism; Producer Price Index; Home Builder Confidence; and Industrial…

Small businesses and home builders soured on the economy last month, but strangely enough, producer prices didn't rise nearly as much as expected.

Apr 17 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 04-10-26: Federal Debt; ISM Services Index; Durable Goods; Personal Income & Spending; PCE Inflation; and the…

Federal spending continues grow much faster than revenue as deficit spending sets new records.

Apr 10 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 04-03-26: Case-Shiller Home Price Index; ISM Manufacturing Index; Consumer Confidence; JOLTS Report; and the March…

Chair Powell's term can't end quickly enough.

Apr 3 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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March 2026

Weekly Economic Update 03-27-26: Artificial Intelligence; and Productivity

Only one piece of data this week, so this post is going to be short and therefore, I am removing the paywall.

Mar 27 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 03-20-26: GDP 4th Quarter (revised); JOLTS; Home Builder Confidence; New Home Sales; and the Producer Price Index

The economy at the end of last year was significantly worse than originally reported.

Mar 20 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 03-13-26: Small Business Optimism; Existing Home Sales; Building Permits & Housing Starts; Personal Income …

Inflation was fairly moderate in February...but just wait until next month!

Mar 13 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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Weekly Economic Update 03-06-26: ISM Manufacturing & Services; 4th Quarter Productivity; Retail Sales; and February Employment

Manufacturing continues to recover...and that was before we needed to replace millions of dollars' worth of bombs.

Mar 6 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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February 2026

Weekly Economic Update 02-27-26: SOTU; Factory Orders; Case-Shiller Home Price Index; Consumer Confidence; and Producer Price Index

The State of the Union address has become unwatchable. Our elected officials act like fools while the country burns.

Feb 27 • Alfie Meek, Ph.D.

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