The asterisk in real median household income
…does anybody else, apparently including the Census Bureau itself. That’s because the Census Bureau hasn’t provided data in any year since 2013 as to what the numbers would have been…
You searched for: label/2010 census
August jobs report: for once, the underwhelming headline masked very good internals
August jobs report: for once, the underwhelming headline masked very good internals HEADLINES: +130,000 jobs added (+105,000 ex-Census) U3 unemployment rate unchanged at 3.7% U6 underemployment rate rose 0.2% to…
April’s new housing construction and existing home sales
Commenter and blogger RJS at Market Watch 666 Just two widely watched reports were released this week: the April report on New Residential Construction from the Census Bureau and the Existing Home Sales…
New Housing Starts Higher in June, Building Permits 5.3% Lower
RJS, MarketWatch 666, New Housing Starts Reported Higher in June, Building Permits 5.3% Lower The June report on New Residential Construction (pdf) from the Census Bureau estimated that new housing units were…
September Trade Deficit Rises 11.2% to a Record High
…on a balance of payments basis, and $97,031 million on a Census basis, on Census adjusted goods exports of $142,187 million and Census adjusted goods imports of $239,218 million…in addition,…
March New Home Sales Reported 8.6% Lower on Record Prices
RJS, MarketWatch 666 Summary: New Home Sales Reported 8.6% Lower on Record Prices in March, after Prior Months Sales Revised Much Higher The Census report on New Residential Sales for…
House prices: signs and portents of an approaching peak?
…5 years, I also include the monthly median new home sales price from the Census Bureau (black): The monthly number from the Census Bureau is *very* noisy, so I don’t…
The blockbuster January jobs report 2: revisions do not resolve discrepancies in the reports
…actual total from 95% of all businesses via unemployment insurance payments. Subsequently the Census Bureau itself updated its “Business Dynamics Survey” through Q2 of last year, which seasonally adjusts about…
People Moving Farther Out from City Centers to Avoid Exposure to Pandemics
…Calculating Distances from Downtown Using an approach outlined in a 2010 Census Special Report on Core Based Statistical Areas, we defined “downtown” as the location of city hall in the largest city…
Population Growth, What the Revision to the Jobs Data Means
…detail in two separate posts also. Accordingly, New Deal democrat; “A big current issue with the Household Survey is whether, by relying on Census estimates, it has substantially underestimated population…