After the wholesale price of food saw a slump during the coronavirus pandemic, the global FAO Food Price Index showed a steep increase in November. Food around the world was 5 percent pricier than the 2014-2016 average, on which the index baseline of 1…
Wages in the United States increased to 24.87 USD/Hour in November from 24.80 USD/Hour in October of 2020. Wages in the United States averaged 11.58 USD/Hour from 1964 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 25.12 USD/Hour in April of 2020 and a recor…
Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United States increased to 2.46 percent in November from 2.21 percent in October of 2020. Long Term Unemployment Rate in the United States averaged 1 percent from 1948 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4.40 per…
Nonfarm Payrolls Private in the United States increased by 344 thousand in November of 2020. Nonfarm Payrolls Private in the United States averaged 97 Thousand from 1939 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4729 Thousand in June of 2020 and a recor…
Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States decreased to 61.50 percent in November from 61.70 percent in October of 2020. Labor Force Participation Rate in the United States averaged 62.87 percent from 1948 until 2020, reaching an all time high…
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Unemployment Rate in the United States decreased to 6.90 percent in October from 7.90 percent in September of 2020. Unemployment Rate in the United States averaged 5.76 percent from 1948 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 14.70 percent in April o…
US 30 Year Bond Yield was 1.66 percent on Friday December 4, according to over-the-counter interbank yield quotes for this government bond maturity. Historically, the United States 30 Year Bond Yield reached an all time high of 15.21 in October of 1981.
Monetary policy can be implemented through outright purchases or sales of securities, which permanently changes the size of the Federal Reserve’s System Open Market Account (SOMA) portfolio.
Consumer Confidence Price Trends in the United States increased to 2.70 in July from 2.60 in June of 2017. Consumer Confidence Price Trends in the United States averaged 3.62 from 1978 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 10.40 in January of 1980…