Baumeister and Kilian update those calculations and conclude that there was a significant boost to consumer spending, noting that real consumption spending grew on average by 3.1% over the two years since oil prices began falling in 2014:Q3 compared with only 2.0% during the preceding two years. ... But gains to consumer spending were mostly offset by a drop in oil-related investment spending.Weekend:
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Their paper examined a number of details of the economic response. The bottom line is that there seemed to be little net stimulus to the U.S. economy from the collapse in oil prices.
• Schedule for Week of Sept 18, 2016
Monday:
• At 10:00 AM ET, The September NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a reading of 60, unchanged from 60 in August. Any number above 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor.
From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures: S&P futures are up 6 and DOW futures are up 55 (fair value).
Oil prices were down over the last week with WTI futures at $43.67 per barrel and Brent at $46.29 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $45, and Brent was at $47 - so prices are down slightly year-over-year.
Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $2.21 per gallon (down about $0.10 per gallon from a year ago).
from Calculated Risk http://ift.tt/2d0uQV9
via YQ Matrix
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