March 24, 2022

Durable Goods Orders (February 2022)

- New Orders month/month        -2.2%. Previous was 1.6%

- Ex-Transportation month/month    -0.6%. Previous was 0.8%

- Core Capital Goods month/month    -0.3%. Previous was 1.3%

Source:  Census  Details:  https://www.census.gov/manufacturing/m3/adv/pdf/durgd.pdf

 

Initial Jobless Claims (week ended 3/19/2022)

- Initial Claims seasonally adjusted  187,000. Previous was 215,000

- Initial Claims   unadjusted, totaled 1 81,087 in the week ending March 19, a decrease of 22,824 (or 11.2 percent) from the previous week 

- 4-Week Moving Average seasonally adjusted  211,750. Previous was  223,250

Numbers below are for the week ended 3/5:

Total receiving regular state UI decreased by 107,916 

Total receiving any UI decreased by 110,749

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