2020-01-31 11:20:00
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 1.5-1.75%
U.S. FRB - January 29, 2020 - Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate. Job gains have been solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Although household spending has been rising at a moderate pace, business fixed investment and exports remain weak. On a 12‑month basis, overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy are running below 2 percent. Market-based measures of inflation compensation remain low; survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed.
Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1‑1/2 to 1-3/4 percent. The Committee judges that the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate to support sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation returning to the Committee's symmetric 2 percent objective. The Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook, including global developments and muted inflation pressures, as it assesses the appropriate path of the target range for the federal funds rate.
In determining the timing and size of future adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Committee will assess realized and expected economic conditions relative to its maximum employment objective and its symmetric 2 percent inflation objective. This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments.
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2020, January, 29, 13:25:00
U.S. DEBT WILL RISE TO 98%
The U.S. government will spend $1 trillion more than it collects in 2020 and deficits will reach or exceed that threshold every year for the foreseeable future. As a share of gross domestic product, the deficit will be at least 4.3% every year through 2030.
2020, January, 24, 13:30:00
U.S., CANADA BANKRUPTCIES UP 50%
U.S. and Canadian oil and natural gas exploration and production company bankruptcies totaled 42 in 2019, up from 28 in 2018,
2020, January, 22, 12:15:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN 0.3%
U.S. Industrial production declined 0.3 percent in December, as a decrease of 5.6 percent for utilities outweighed increases of 0.2 percent for manufacturing and 1.3 percent for mining.
2020, January, 13, 14:25:00
U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT 3.5% ANEW
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 145,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5 percent,
2020, January, 8, 14:10:00
U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEFICIT $43.1 BLN
The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that the goods and services deficit was $43.1 billion in November, down $3.9 billion from $46.9 billion in October, revised.
2020, January, 6, 10:20:00
U.S. POPULATION 330 MLN
As the nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will be 330,222,422 on Jan. 1, 2020. This represents an increase of 1,991,085, or 0.61%, from New Year’s Day 2019. Since Census Day (April 1) 2010, the population has grown by 21,476,884 or 6.96%.
