Last week was jam-packed with economic news, with reports covering wide swaths of the economy released. Both major measures of consumer confidence for August revealed mixed results. This week will be busy once again, with updates focusing on business confidence and the August employment report.

Last week, the economic highlight was the housing sector, which has continued to impress since reopening efforts took hold, driven by record low mortgage rates. This will be a busy week for updates, with reports scheduled to cover wide swaths of the economy.

Last week was relatively busy on the economic update front, with a focus on inflation, retail sales, and consumer confidence. The reports came in mixed, with better-than-expected results for consumer confidence and jobless claims offsetting disappointing retail sales data and faster-than-anticipated inflation in July. This week will be relatively quiet for economic updates, with releases focusing on the housing sector and the minutes from the Fed’s most recent meeting.

Yesterday I appeared on CNBC’s The Exchange to discuss the sectors I favor right now and the markets. 

Last week’s major data releases all came in above expectations, helping to calm concerns that rising COVID-19 case counts are interrupting the economic recovery. Highlights included better-than-anticipated results for business confidence and hiring in July. This week will be another busy one, with updates focusing on inflation, retail sales, and the first look at consumer sentiment in August.

Last week was packed with economic updates that touched on wide swaths of the economy. The first estimate of second-quarter GDP growth drew a lot of attention. It showed the economy contracted at the fastest quarterly rate on record, highlighting the devastating economic impact of anti-coronavirus measures. This will be another relatively busy week for economic updates, with a focus on business confidence and the July employment report.

Last week was relatively slow in terms of economic updates. Notably, a disappointing jobless claims report raised concerns of a slowing economic recovery in July due to rising coronavirus case counts and a pause or rollback in reopening efforts in some states. This week will be very busy, with scheduled reports covering most important areas of the economy. Highlights include the major consumer confidence reports for July and our first look at second-quarter GDP.

Last week was jam-packed with economic updates, highlighted by better-than-expected industrial production and retail sales reports showing a continuing recovery as reopening efforts took hold in June. This week, the economic update front will be relatively quiet, with a focus on home sales and the weekly initial jobless claims report.

Last week was relatively quiet on the economic update front, with only three major data releases. The highlight of the week was the ISM Nonmanufacturing index, which showed that service sector confidence rebounded by far more than expected in June. This week, we’ll get numerous important updates, with a focus on consumer inflation, industrial production, retail sales, housing, and consumer confidence.

How can a second quarter depression lead to new growth? I discussed this and more today on Yahoo Finance’s On the Move.