Confidence rises to 91.2, but below consensus (94.4), from downwardly revised level. Gallup also rises.
Conference Board Index Still in Gloomy Range
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Diesel 22.5% above Pre-War
Oil (Brent) prices down, and so too gasoline and diesel. But not back to pre-War.
Bubbles or Regime-Switching in Gold and Bitcoin?
I don’t have the answer, but the two series do make quite a picture (all in logs since five years ago):
Alternative Business Cycle Indicators: Coincident, Consensus ADP
Coincident continues to rise through May, while Bloomberg consensus for NFP growth is for +114K, roughly same growth rate as in May:
Brent More Contango-ey
As of NYMEX open:
Rate Cycles (Where Are We Now?)
I’ve been remiss in reporting on this important work by Kristin Forbes, Jongrim Ha and Ayhan Kose, documenting periods of monetary policy tightening ad loosening, and characteristics of those episodes. From the paper:
Brent in Contango
As of yesterday:
Instantaneous PCE Inflation
Nowcasted June inflation will be down — but for core not down much…
Four Measures of Output: GDP, GDI, GDO, GDP+
As of the 2026Q1 3rd release:
June (Final) Consumer Sentiment
Beats consensus/preliminary (49.5 vs. 48.9), rising above May final (44.8) — but still low: