January 14, 2022 Advance estimates of December 2021 retail and food service sales in the United States were $626.8 billion, down 1.9% (±0.5%) from the previous month but 16.9% (±0.9%) higher than December 2020. Total sales for the first twelve months of 2021 were up 19.3% (±0.5%) over the same period in 2020. Total sales
January 13, 2022 The seasonally adjusted Producer Price Index for final demand gained 0.2% in December, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Following gains of 1.0% in November and 0.6% in October, the stock market has risen again. Final demand prices increased 9.7% in 2021 on an unadjusted basis, the largest calendar-year increase since
January 12, 2022 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.5% for December 2021, on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS). The all-items index rose 7.0% before seasonal adjustment over the last year. The all-items less food and energy index climbed 0.6% in December. The index
January 10, 2022 Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited (PTL) has advised of the appointment of Miss Shantel Walters, Attorney-at-Law, as Company Secretary effective January 3, 2022. Disclaimer: Analyst Certification -The views expressed in this research report accurately reflect the personal views of Mayberry Investments Limited Research Department about those issuer(s) or securities as at the date of
January 10, 2022 For the month of December 2021, BOJ has reported Jamaica’s Net International Reserves (NIR) has totalled US$3,999.7 million, reflecting an increase of US$103.71 million relative to the US$3,896 million reported at the end of November 2021. Foreign Assets totalled US$4832.4 million, US$82.10 million more than the US$4750.3 million reported for November 2021.‘Currency
January 7, 2022 According to the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat), in December 2021, the euro area annual inflation rate is expected to be 5.0%, 0.1% higher than the 4.9% booked in November 2021. However, it was noted that a year earlier the annual rate was -0.3% in December 2020. Eurostat also noted,
January 7, 2022 The seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade increased by 1.0% in the euro area and by 0.9% in the EU during November 2021, compared with October 2021, according to Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union. It was also noted that “in October 2021, the retail trade volume increased by 0.3%
January 07, 2021 In December, total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 199,000. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9% in December. The job growth was spread across various industries, with notable gains in leisure and hospitality, in professional and business services, in manufacturing, in construction, and in transportation and warehousing. Professional and business services added
January 06, 2022 The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims in the week ending January 1 was 207,000, a 7,000 increase from the previous week's revised level. The prior week's figure was raised by 2,000 points, from 198,000 to 200,000. The 4-week moving average was 204,500, an increase of 4,750 from the corrected average
January 06, 2022 The goods and services deficit in November was $80.2 billion, up $13.0 billion from $67.2 billion in October, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. November exports totaled $224.2 billion, a $0.4 billion increase over October exports. November imports totaled $304.4 billion, a $13.4 billion increase over
