Succinct Summation of Week’s Events 10.2.20

October 2, 2020 5:00pm by

Succinct Summations for the week ending October 2nd, 2020:

Positives:

1. Markets continue to stabilize despite a host of challenging conditions;
2. Unemployment rate came in at 7.9%, below the previous 8.4%.
3. Jobless claims fell 36k w/o/w from 873k to 837k.
4. ADP Employment reports shows private payrolls at 749k in September
5. Pending home sales rose 8.8% m/o/m, above the expected increase of 3.1%.
6. Construction spending rose 1.4% m/o/m, above the expected increase of 0.7%.
7. Wholesale inventories rose 0.5% m/o/m, above the previous decrease of 0.1%.

Negatives:

1. POTUS and FLOTUS both test positive for Covid-19.
2. Trump continues to undermine Democratic process, threatens widespread civil unrest post election. First Presidential Debate “a shitshow”
3. Non-farm payrolls rose 661k m/o/m, below the expected increase of 894k.
4. Personal income fell 2.7% m/o/m, below the previous increase of 0.5%.
5. Home mortgage apps fell 2.0% w/o/w, below the previous increase of 3.0%.
6. Corporate layoffs came in at 118,804 for September, above the previous 115,762.
7. Retail inventories rose 0.8% m/o/m, below the previous increase of 1.2%.

Thanks, Matt!

 

 


Source: YCharts

 

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