August 18, 2022

Initial Jobless Claims (week ended 8/12/2022)

- Initial Claims seasonally adjusted 250,000. Previous was 252,000

- Initial Claims,   uunadjusted, totaled 191,834 in the week ending August 13, a decrease of 4,536 (or -2.3 percent) from the previous week

- 4-Week Moving Average seasonally adjusted  246,750. Previous was  249,500

Numbers below are for the week ended 7/23

Total receiving regular state UI increased by 3,289 

Total receiving any UI increased by 2,696

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

 

Existing Home Sales (July 2022)

- Annual Rate 4,810,000. Previous was 5,110,000

- Month over Month -5.9%. Year over Year -20.2%

Source:   National Association of Realtors®.  Details: https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics/housing-statistics/existing-home-sales

 

Leading Indicators (July 2022)

- month over month -0.4%, Previous was -0.7%

This is based on 10 forward looking indicators.

Source:  Conference Board  Details:  https://conference-board.org/data/bcicountry.cfm?cid=1