1. Using data from the end of April (2025).....the U.S. inflation rate, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is at 2.3-percent, down slightly from 2.4-percent in March 2025.
Driving factors? Lower gasoline, grocery, and apparel prices have contributed to this disinflationary trend.
2. Consumer confidence in the US had mixed signals in recent months, but showed a upswing in May 2025. The Consumer Confidence Index rose to 98.0 in May 2025, up 12.3 points from 85.7 in April, surpassing expectations.
Big deal after after five consecutive months of declines.
3. The U.S. trade imbalance, hyped-up for the past decade.....had a change in terms of the trade deficit in goods and services (was $87.6 billion in April 2025...dropping from $140.5 billion in March 2025). Data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.
4. In the past week....Trading Economics reported that egg prices had decreased 56-percent since the beginning of 2025. Now? Around $2.52 per dozen wholesale.
5. Mid-May gas pricing across the US? The average dropped to $3.19 per gallon, an 11.5-percent decrease from $3.61 a year earlier.
Lot of positives, if you just look for them.
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