Category Archives: Economic Indicators

Q4 Current-Account Deficit Down to $172.9 billion

Posted on March 17, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 17, 2008) – This morning, the BEA released U.S. International Transactions: Fourth Quarter and Year 2007 Current Account , reporting that the U.S. current-account deficit decreased to $172.9 billion in Q4/07 from $177.4 billion in Q3/07. The decrease was … Continue reading →

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February Industrial Production Down 0.5%; Capacity Utilization Decreases to 80.9%

Posted on March 17, 2008 by John Rutledge

(March 17, 2008) – The Federal Reserve Board released the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization report for February this morning. Industrial production fell 0.5% in February after having increased 0.1% in January. Although almost 3/4 of the of the February … Continue reading →

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