This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on Q4 GDP growth, consumer income and expense trends, home builder sentiment, and vehicle affordability. On Friday, we received an update on tax refund data, showing the average refund is…
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on job growth and unemployment, credit availability, inflation, as well as household debt and credit trends. We expected the first reads on tax refund figures around Feb. 6, but those…
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on the new-vehicle sales and pricing, job openings, and consumer confidence, along with credit trends through the end of last year. Although we avoided another full-scale government shutdown, it did…
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on the Fed chair nomination, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision, productivity and labor costs, producer prices, and consumer confidence. The week begins with a partial government shutdown that…
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on the latest GDP readings, trends in expenses and income, the personal savings rate, and consumer sentiment. With just one week until the big show at NADA, let’s get through…
There was a lot of economic and automotive data released last week, and this edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on credit conditions, inflation trends, vehicle affordability metrics and housing market sentiment. All these data components help…
The first week of 2026 brought several important data releases: December jobs and unemployment figures, consumer credit trends, consumer sentiment readings and a final look at 2025 auto sales performance. With the new year underway, economic and automotive reports are…
Now that we’re officially into the new year, here’s a market update from the holiday-shortened week. The final week of 2025 brought limited economic data releases, but the updates we received were largely positive. We’ll cover December’s housing and labor…
Last week brought critical updates on the Fed’s dual mandate with November’s jobs report and CPI data. Both reports point toward a labor market under pressure while inflation looks to be cooling, although many economists are taking the report with a…
The second full week of December was quiet except for the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of the year – and it delivered some drama. Last week, our team provided updates on credit availability and new- and used-vehicle inventory levels. This…
