October 5, 2018 | Daily JAM |
The U.S. trade deficit in goods and services widened in August by 6.4% to $53.2 billion from $50 billion in July. That's the biggest trade deficit in six months. The trade deficit with China rose to a record $38.6 billion from $36.8 billion in July. The trade deficit...
September 27, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing, Short Term, You Might Have Missed |
The U.S. trade deficit in goods grew in August to $75.8 billion, the widest in six months, as exports of food, industrial supplies and autos declined, the Commerce Department reported today. In addition imports of autos and consumer goods increased in the month. A...
September 5, 2018 | Daily JAM, Mid Term, Morning Briefing |
Today, Wednesday September 5, the Department of Commerce reported that the U.S. trade deficit climbed to $50.1 million in July. (Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had projected a deficit of $50.2 billion.) That was up from $45.7 billion in June and the largest increase...
September 2, 2018 | Daily JAM |
...a two potentially market-moving announcements on trade and one on jobs. On Wednesday, September 5, the government will report the trade deficit for July. At some moments, this wouldn't be a market-moving number, but right now with the Trump administration arguing...
August 3, 2018 | Daily JAM |
This morning the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in July. That was significantly below the 190,000 economists surveyed by Briefing.com had predicted. But before you panic, please note that the government's statisticians...
August 3, 2018 | Daily JAM, Morning Briefing |
The White House will not be amused at the continued trend in the currency markets. Overnight the overseas yuan lost more ground against the dollar. China's currency finished down 0.1% to 6.8890 to the dollar. The yuan had been down as much as 0.8% against the dollar....
March 7, 2017 | Daily JAM, VIX |
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February 28, 2017 | Daily JAM |
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December 6, 2016 | Uncategorized |
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