We have updated our attached daily and weekly indicators for the US economy, and the daily data for airline travel, consumer mobility, and restaurant bookings are still not showing signs of a slowdown.
The weekly data for hotel occupancy rates is also solid, and weekly jobless claims continue to decline, suggesting that the labor market is still strong. Weekly data for cinema visits is also strong, and so is the weekly data for bank lending and the weekly data for credit and debit card usage.
There are some early signs of weakness in the housing market, with the weekly data for listings starting to trend higher in recent weeks. Traffic of prospective home buyers is also starting to come down.
At the anecdotal level, there are more sound bites about layoffs in tech and startups, but these anecdotes are not yet visible in the macro data.
The bottom line is that the economy is still strong, and the Fed needs to tighten financial conditions further to slow growth and inflation.
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