Economic Chartpack Astor Investment Manangement LLC April 16, 2019 name last last ref mo release date bbg survey Jobless Claims 196.00 Apr Thu, Apr 18 205.90 Retail Sales -0.20 Feb Thu, Apr 18 0.90 Markit PMI 52.40 Mar Thu, Apr 18 52.60 Index of Leading Economic Indicators 0.20 Feb Thu, Apr 18 0.40 Housing starts 1162.00 Feb Fri, Apr 19 1225.00 Home sales 5.51 Feb Mon, Apr 22 5.33 Durable goods -1.60 Feb Thu, Apr 25 0.60 GDP 2.20 Dec Fri, Apr 26 1.80 U of Mich Sentiment 96.90 Apr Fri, Apr 26 Table 1: Key releases next two weeks
Astor Economic Index 2000 to date Very Strong Average Very Weak Jan 00 Jan 05 Jan 10 Jan 15 Jan 20 Source: Astor calculations Astor Economic Index 2014 to date Very Strong Average Very Weak Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 18 Source: Astor calculations The Astor Economic Index R should not be used as the sole determining factor for your investment decision. There is no guarantee that the index will produce the same results in the future. Please refer to the accompanying disclosure for additional information regarding the Index. 1
Astor Consumer Sentiment Index, 2000 to date 1 0 1 2 Jan 00 Jan 05 Jan 10 Jan 15 Jan 20 Astor Consumer Sentiment Index, 2014 to date Source: Bloomberg, Astor calculations 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 18 Source: Bloomberg, Astor calculations 2
Astor and KC Fed Financial stress indexes 1995 to date 10 5 AFSI KCFSI 0 Jan 00 Jan 10 Jan 20 Source: KC Fed, Astor calculations Astor and KC Fed Financial stress indexes 2014 to date 1 AFSI 0 KCFSI 1 Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 18 Source: KC Fed, Astor calculations 3
US real GDP, year over year 4 2 0 2 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis 4
Non farm payrolls 150 140 Millions 130 120 110 100 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Non farm payrolls, year over year percentage change 2.00% 0.00% 2.00% 4.00% Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 5
Direct measures of labor market slack 15 12 9 6 Unemployment (U3) Underemployment (U6) Employment population ratio: 25 54 years Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 80 78 76 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 6
Wages and Salaries, nominal, year on year change 3.50% 3.00% 2.50% 2.00% 1.50% Jan 05 Jan 10 Jan 15 Jan 20 Wages and salaries Average hourly earnings Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Cost Index, Employment Situation Report 7
ISM purchasing manager's indexes 60 Svc Man 50 40 Man: Manufacturing PMI, Svc: Services PMI 50 represents activity which is neither increasing nor decreasing Source: Institute of Supply Management 8
Year over year percentage change in Industrial Production 5.0% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% Source: Federal Reserve Board 9
Real Gross Private Domestic Investment, y/y 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 10
6 Real Personal consumption expenditures, YOY 4 2 0 2 Jan 00 Jan 05 Jan 10 Jan 15 Jan 20 Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis 11
Core inflation 5 4 3 2 CPI PCE 1 Shaded blue area is FOMC's 2% target for PCE CPI = Core consumer price index, PCE = core Personal consumption expenditures price index Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis Pink shaded regions represent recessions as determined by NBER. Blue shaded reigon represents the FOMC inflation target for PCE. 12
M2 year on year percentage change 10.0% 7.5% 5.0% 2.5% 0.0% Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 13
World Manufacturing PMIs, GDP weighted 54 52 50 Jan 12 Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 18 50 = level where activity is neither increasing nor decreasing Source: Markit, Institute for Supply Management, Astor calculations 14
Key US rates 6 4 2 10 yr FF 2 yr 0 Jan 00 Jan 05 Jan 10 Jan 15 Jan 20 10 yr: US ten year bond yield, 2 yr: US two year bond yield, FF: fed funds target rate Source: Bloomberg Spread between US 10 year yield US 2 year yield 2 1 0 Jan 00 Jan 05 Jan 10 Jan 15 Jan 20 Source: Bloomberg 15
S&P 500 index 2750 2500 2250 2000 1750 2014 2016 2018 130 US Dollar broad, trade weighted index 120 110 2014 2016 2018 Front WTI crude oil contract 100 80 60 40 2014 2016 2018 CRB Commodity index, level 480 440 400 Jan 14 Jan 16 Jan 18 Source for all indexes on this page: Bloomberg. 16
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