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The Forensic Economist, An Economic Newsletter for Lawyers: Considerations for Valuing Retirement Benefits (June 2016)

06.14.2016

Considerations for Valuing Retirement Benefits


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June 2016 Livingston Survey Results (June 2016)

06.08.2016

The Livingston Survey which began in 1946 is the oldest continuous survey of economists’ expectations.  The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released results from the  December survey.  Bob Chase, senior economist at EPR has been a member of the Livingston Survey since the early 1990s.

Forecasters project that real GDP will grow at an annual rate of 1.4% during the first half of 2016, lower than previously estimated. They expect growth to rise to 2.4% during the second half of the year, which is more in line with projections in the December 2015 survey. Unemployment is expected to be 4.9% this month and 4.7% in December. Long term, forecasters see the real GDP growth rate at 2.2% and the CPI growth rate at 2.25%.

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BLS Releases May 2016 Employment Situation (June 2016)

06.03.2016

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released employment data for May. Unemployment decreased by 0.3% to 4.7%. Nonfarm payroll employment saw a slight increase of 38,000.

A strike caused increased unemployment in the information sector. Mining also saw a loss of jobs. The health care sector, on the other hand, saw an increase in employment.

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BEA Releases Second Estimate of Q1 GDP with Preliminary Corporate Profit Estimate (May 2016)

05.27.2016

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its second estimate of first quarter 2016 GDP along with its preliminary estimate of first quarter corporate profits.

This second estimate, based on more complete data, shows GDP increasing at an annual rate of 0.8% during the first quarter, up from the advance estimate of 0.5% yet still a deceleration from the fourth quarter of 2015, which saw GDP increasing at an annual rate of 1.4%. The second estimate has a smaller decrease in private inventory investment than the advance estimate, contributing to the larger growth rate.

The preliminary corporate profit estimate for the first quarter shows an increase of $6.5 billion, which contrasts greatly with the $159.6 billion decrease seen in the fourth quarter of 2015.

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BEA Releases Advance Estimate of 2016 Q1 GDP (April 2016)

04.28.2016

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its advance estimate of first quarter 2016 Gross Domestic Product. The advance estimate is based on data that may be incomplete or subject to revision. The second estimate, released in May, will be based on more complete data.

The advance estimate shows GDP increasing at an annual rate of 0.5% during the first quarter of 2016. This is a deceleration from the fourth quarter of 2015, which saw GDP increasing at a rate of 1.4%.

This deceleration reflects a decrease in nonresidential fixed investment, personal consumption expenditures, federal government spending, private inventory investment, and net exports (due to an increase in imports) and was offset by an increase in state and local government spending and residential fixed investment.

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