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Weekly Economic Index (WEI)

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NY Fed reports the increase in the "WEI for the week of August 14 (relative to the second revision for the week of August 7) comes despite decreases in retail sales, consumer confidence, and steel production, and is due to data series recently providing more negative signals not being available."
  • Because the WEI measures changes over a 52-week period, the large positive reading also reflects the sharp deterioration in economic conditions during the same time last year.

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