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% Change, Annualized
10
Big data week ahead that ends with the em- 2017:08 values:
1 month change = -0.9
ployment report for September. Considering 8
3 month change = 1.0
12 month change = 2.5
the ongoing inflation weakness, one would 6
4
very strong job reports to justify a rate hike
in December. But with Fed officials largely 2
weak report if they can attribute disappoint- 1-Month Change 3-Month Change 12-Month Change
ing data to the busy hurricane season. Web: economistsview.typepad.com/timduy/ * Twitter: @TimDuy * Data via FRED * Chart created: 09/29/2017 11:09
convictions. 3
2
Remember that August bounce in core-CPI
inflation? It didnt follow through to PCE
Percent
year, equivalent to the annualized three month Dispersion of Initial Claims Deterioration Across US
change. 50
Number of states with 5% or greater 52-week % change in initial claims
700000
me pause.
0 200000
1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
But not all else is equal. Nearly full employment Number Deteriorating (left) Total Initial Claims (right)
continues to weigh more heavily than weak in- Web: economistsview.typepad.com/timduy/ * Twitter: @TimDuy * Data via FRED and author's calculations * Chart created: 09/29/2017 16:07
Timothy A. Duy
Professor of Practice
Oregon Economic Forum, Senior Director
Department of Economics
University of Oregon
duy@uoregon.edu
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