Month: June 2015

After topping out at almost 1,600 oil rigs back in October 2014, oil exploration plummeted along with rig counts, which now number just 646. That said, current week-to-week rig count declines are trivial, going from a peak weekly decline of…

While Q1 GDP was revised down from +0.2% to -0.7% due to falling exports, rising imports, slower inventory growth, weak corporate spending on plant and intellectual property, and dismal spending on durable goods, residential construction activity was up a healthy…