Here are key indicators followed by the NBER\u2019s Business Cycle Dating Committee (top indicators employment and person income) plus monthly GDP from S&P (nee Macroeconomic Advisers nee IHS Markit):<\/p>\n
Figure 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) employment from CES (blue), implied NFP from preliminary benchmark (bold blue), civilian employment (orange), industrial production (red), personal income excluding current transfers in Ch.2017$ (bold light green), manufacturing and trade sales in Ch.2017$ (black), consumption in Ch.2017$ (light blue), and monthly GDP in Ch.2017$ (pink), GDP (blue bars), all log normalized to 2021M11=0. Source: BLS via FRED, Federal Reserve, BEA 2024Q3 2nd release,\u00a0S&P Global Market Insights<\/a> (nee Macroeconomic Advisers, IHS Markit) (12\/2\/<\/em>2024 release), and author\u2019s calculations.<\/em><\/p>\n From S&P Global Market Insights:<\/p>\n Monthly GDP rose 0.3% in October, largely reversing a 0.4% decline in September that was revised from a previously reported 0.3% decline. The increase in monthly GDP in October was accounted for by a large increase in net exports. Final sales to domestic purchasers posted a small decline, while nonfarm inventory investment posted a small increase.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n S&PGMI and Goldman Sachs tracking as of yesterday were 1.6% and 2.4%, respectively, for Q4, while GDPNow was 3.2%.\u00a0 NY Fed and St Louis Fed were at 1.9% and 1.31%, respectively, as of 11\/29.<\/p>\n Addendum, 11:41 PT:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Here are alternative indicators:<\/p>\n Figure 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Nonfarm Payroll early benchmark (NFP) (bold blue), civilian employment adjusted using CBO immigration estimates through mid-2024 (orange), manufacturing production (red), personal income excluding current transfers in Ch.2017$ (light green), retail sales in 1999M12$ (black), vehicle miles traveled (chartreuse), and coincident index (pink), GDO (blue bars), all log normalized to 2021M11=0. Early benchmark is official NFP adjusted by ratio of early benchmark sum-of-states to CES sum of states. Source:\u00a0Philadelphia Fed<\/a>, Federal Reserve via FRED, BEA 2024Q3 2nd release, <\/em>and author\u2019s calculations.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/econbrowser.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/recindic_oct24e.png\")
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