…mainly positive: the average manufacturing workweek, one of the 10 components of the Index of Leading Indicators, was unchanged at 40.7, still down -0.9 hours from February peak last year…

…10 components of the Index of Leading Indicators, declined -0.1 to 40.6, equal to its lows earlier this year and down -0.9 hours from February 2022 peak of 41.6 hours….

…3.9%, but are -19% below their peak. Permits rose 0.1%, but are 22% below their peak. Units under construction, which is the “real” economic activity, rose 0.4% and is slightly,…

…day. The post-pandemic peak was 9.528 million in August 2021. This past summer the peak was 9.388 million barrels. As a bigger and bigger percentage of vehicles on the road…

…below the peak hit from last year. For men, the increase of 0.1 pp to 86.2% still left the level 0.5 pp below its pre-pandemic peak. The 0.2 pp rise…

…to fade, as its post-pandemic peak has not equaled its 2010’s peak either: In March, total production increased 0.4% from an upwardly revised, by 0.2%, February; but it is still…

…from their 2021 peak, responded to mortgage rates by rebounding during much of last year before fading again in the past few months. They are presently down 35% from peak….

…peak, and continued to decline last week. This means that both hospitalizations – as of last week down 84% from their Holiday peak – and deaths – as of March…

…sale, by varying time frames but most usually the peak in the former has led the peak in the latter by about 6 months. Further, as you can also see…

…-0.9 hours from its February 2022 peak of 41.5 hours, but is an average reading over the past 12 months. Manufacturing jobs increased 3,000. Nevertheless this series is firmly in…