January 6, 2022

Trade Deficit  (November 2021)

- Deficit $80.2 billion.  Previous was $67.2 billion.

This is a component of 4thQ GDP.

Source:  BEA  Details:  https://www.bea.gov/data/intl-trade-investment/international-trade-goods-and-services

 

Initial Jobless Claims (week ended 1/1/2022)

- Initial Claims seasonally adjusted  207,000. Previous was 200,000

- Initial Claims unadjusted, totaled 315,469 in the week ending January 1, an increase of 57,599 (or 22.3 percent) from the previous week

- 4-Week Moving Average seasonally adjusted  204,500. Previous was  199,250

Numbers below are for the week ended 12/18:

Total receiving regular state UI decreased by 189,013

Claims for Pandemic UI and Emergency Pandemic UI are no longer reported.

Total receiving any UI decreased by 199,869

Source:  Labor Department   Details: https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf

 

Challenger Job-Cut Report  (December 2021)

- Announced layoffs       19,052. Previous was  14,875 

Source: Challenger, Gray & Christmas

 

Factory Orders (November 2021)

- Month over Month +1.6%. Previous was +1.0%.    

Source:  Census  Details:  https://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/prel/pdf/s-i-o.pdf