US Publications
Below is a list of our US Publications for the last 5 months. If you are looking for reports older than 5 months please email info@pantheonmacro.com, or contact your account rep
Please use the filters on the right to search for a specific date or topic.
Datanotes Weekly Monitor
- Household survey data signal a stable labor market, implying a high chance of downward payroll revisions.
- The recent recovery in consumer-facing payrolls is likely to peter out now tax refunds have been spent.
- The AI drag is intensifying gradually; all leading survey indicators of payrolls point to a renewed slowdown.
Supply chain disruptions providing a temporary boost to activity.
Clearer signs of precautionary stockpilling.
- We look for a 50K increase in May payrolls; the most reliable survey indicators have remained weak.
- After two straight above-consensus readings, pay- rolls surprise to the downside two-thirds of the time.
- The weather-related boost to April payrolls will un- wind; expect a drag from strikes and insolvencies too.
Weak sales likely to prompt a further drop in starts.
Recent increases in consumption look unsustainable.
Consistent with renewed labor market weakness.
Supply chain disruptions adding to price pressures.
Flat trend in permits points to relapse in starts soon.
- GDPNow’s forecast for 4.3% growth in Q2 is based on too little data to take it seriously.
- We look for growth of 1½%, given the weak underlying trend in consumption and non-tech capex.
- The FOMC is more worried about inflation expectations, but they have no bite in a weak labor market.
On hold for now, but the likelihood of easing further ahead in underrated.
No end in sight for the housing slump.
Rising mortgage rates and low confidence are stifling demand.
Supply-chain risks prompting a rush of activity and greater price pressures.
Margins are unlikely to remain this high for long.
Strength in sales likely to unwind as tax refunds taper off.
- Supercore inflation averaged 2.1% in the 2010s, but failed to fall below 3% in 2025, and has risen this year.
- Unit labor cost growth for services firms is still 0.5pp above its 2010s average, but is now slowing sharply.
- Fiscal support to households has bolstered services firms’ margins, but other supports will linger.
Boosted by several one-time jumps; momentum to fade this summer.
Still painting a subdued picture of the main street economy.
Stagnant, with no positive catalyst immediately in sight.
