Public Company Equities Week of August 10-14
For the week of August 10-14, the Georgia public firms index rose 1.6% this week in price. The index is down -0.5% YTD, an improvement of 250 points.
For the week of August 10-14, the Georgia public firms index rose 1.6% this week in price. The index is down -0.5% YTD, an improvement of 250 points.
For the week of August 3-7, the index comprising 30 bonds was up 3.2% Year-to-Date, an increase of 0.5% since last week.
For the week of August 3-7, the Georgia public firms index rose 1.6% this week in price. The index is down -3.0% YTD.
Total preliminary initial unemployment claims were down 16% from the previous week, with the Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and Transportation & Warehousing industries seeing the biggest improvements. On the contrary, the Health Care & Social Assistance and Finance & Insurance industries saw upticks in new claims this week.
Total preliminary initial unemployment claims were down 14% from the previous week, however the Retail Trade and Transportation & Warehousing industries saw substantial increases in new claims this week.
For the week of July 27-31, the indexed bonds are up 2.7% YTD, and up 0.3% since last week, a higher week to week change than the prior week (+0.1%).
For the week of July 27-31, the Georgia public firms index dropped 0.6% this week in price. The index is down -5.7% YTD.
Based on the indexed performance of the top 30 municipal bonds in Georgia for the week of July 20-24, the bonds are up 2.4% YTD, and up 0.1% since last week, showing little change.
Preliminary initial unemployment claims were down 31% from the previous week. All industries saw declines in claims except for Health Care & Social Assistance and Manufacturing.
Based on an index of the largest public firms in Georgia for the week of July 20-24, the Georgia public firms index rose 1.8% this week in price, a slowdown from last week. The index is down -6.1% YTD.
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