Auto Market Weekly Summary
Last week brought several updates on economic activity, culminating in Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole economic symposium in Wyoming. This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary also covers personal income and spending, personal…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
While interest rates and overall debt levels dominated the news last week, economic data was relatively light. Gas prices remained elevated, holding above $4 a gallon and continuing to climb. Concerns about consumer spending also increased, highlighted by Walmart reporting…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Weekly Market Summary includes updates on credit availability, consumer price inflation, producer price inflation, and retail sales. Bottom Line Up Front Auto credit availability continued to improve in July, with the Dealertrack Credit Availability Index reaching…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on new-vehicle sales and pricing, job growth and employment trends, and consumer credit. Bottom Line Up Front The market found a reason for optimism last week, as hopes for a…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on personal income and spending, Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) inflation, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, and the Consumer Confidence Index: some of the best data we get all month. We’ve…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on both consumer and producer prices, retail sales, and consumer sentiment. This edition of the Weekly Market Summary includes updates on both consumer and producer prices, retail sales, and consumer sentiment. With renewed…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on new-vehicle pricing, auto credit availability, consumer credit, and the minutes from the June Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The conflict in the Middle East intensified this past week…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
As holiday celebrations were getting underway last week, we received updates on new automotive sales, jobs and unemployment, consumer confidence, and home prices—all included below in this Auto Market Weekly Summary. Gas prices continue to decline, but now at a…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
Economic data was a bit light this week, but we did receive key figures on inflation, income and spending growth, and the final reading for Q1 GDP — all included below. Over the last few weeks, despite a lack of…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
Economic data was a bit lighter this past week, but the new Fed chair held his first meeting and offered plenty to unpack on the health of the economy and future interest rate policy. As such, this edition of the…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on consumer prices, producer prices, credit availability, and consumer credit. The dominant story remains energy prices, and even with the makings of a resolution to the Middle East now in…
Auto Market Weekly Summary
This edition of the Auto Market Weekly Summary includes updates on new-vehicle sales, pricing and incentives for May, and updates on job creation and unemployment. Gas prices have moderated towards $4.25 nationwide over the latest week, but consumers are still…