On March 26, 2026, Director Raymond W. Cohen reported the open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of Kestra Medical Technologies, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($19.98); post-transaction value based on March 26, 2026 market close ($19.68). Note: 1-year performance is calculated using March April 2, 2026 as the reference da...
On March 26, 2026, Director Raymond W. Cohen reported the open-market purchase of 10,000 shares of Kestra Medical Technologies, as disclosed in a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction value based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($19.98); post-transaction value based on March 26, 2026 market close ($19.68). Note: 1-year performance is calculated using March April 2, 2026 as the reference date. Continue reading
Andrei Askirka/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ending March 28th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 202,000. This represents a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's figure and was lower than the forecast of 212,000. Here is the comp...
Andrei Askirka/iStock via Getty Images By Jennifer Nash Initial jobless claims measure the number of people who file for unemployment for the first time in a given week. In the week ending March 28th, initial jobless claims were at a seasonally adjusted level of 202,000. This represents a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week's figure and was lower than the forecast of 212,000. Here is the complete data series dating back to 1967. There is a good bit of volatility in this indicator, which is why the four-week moving average is a more useful number than the weekly data because it smooths short-term fluctuations to highlight the overall trend. The four-week moving average currently stands at 207,750, down 3,000 from the previous week. Outside of the COVID spike, initial unemployment claims have never been greater than 700,000 for a given week, making the chart above less useful for identifying trends. To address this, we've adjusted the y-axis on the chart below to provide a closer view of the data, minimizing the impact of the COVID surge. Notice the relationship between recessions and the rise in weekly unemployment claims. To no surprise, the 4-week moving average begins to rise at or before the start of a recession and peaks around its conclusion. In another attempt to eliminate the COVID spike, the chart below shows initial unemployment claims starting in October 2021. Initial Unemployment Claims: Not Seasonally Adjusted The headline unemployment insurance data - and the charts above - are seasonally adjusted. But what does the non-seasonally adjusted data look like? The chart below highlights its extreme volatility, as shown by the green dots. The four-week moving average helps reveal the recurring seasonal patterns, such as the regular spikes in January. Because of the extreme volatility of the non-adjusted weekly data, we can add a 52-week moving average to give a better sense of the secular trends. The chart below also has a linear regression through the d...
Vietnam ’s economic momentum slowed in the first quarter as escalating tensions in the Middle East drive up energy costs and disrupt global trade routes, complicating General Secretary To Lam ’s push for double-digit growth. Gross domestic product expanded 7.83% from a year earlier, down from 8.46% in the fourth quarter, the National Statistics Office said in Hanoi on Saturday. That was higher tha...
Vietnam ’s economic momentum slowed in the first quarter as escalating tensions in the Middle East drive up energy costs and disrupt global trade routes, complicating General Secretary To Lam ’s push for double-digit growth. Gross domestic product expanded 7.83% from a year earlier, down from 8.46% in the fourth quarter, the National Statistics Office said in Hanoi on Saturday. That was higher than the median estimate of 7.6% in a Bloomberg survey of seven economists. “Global conditions in Q1 2026 remained complex and unpredictable, with escalating Middle East conflicts driving energy price volatility, supply disruptions, and rising inflation,” the statistics office said in a statement. The Southeast Asian nation, which is targeting sustained 10% growth, is navigating rising fuel prices and tightened supplies from the Iran war, which has effectively halted shipping of oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz. The government has tapped its emergency fuel fund to stabilize prices and Vietnamese airlines have slashed flights due to jet fuel shortages. Still, inflationary pressures are rising. Consumer prices increased 4.65% in March from a year earlier. The government targets a ceiling of 4.5% this year. The manufacturing powerhouse posted a $33.9 billion billion trade surplus with the US in the first quarter, a 24.2% increase from the year before, the agency said. Vietnam had the third-largest US trade gap last year, behind only China and Mexico, underscoring the scale of supply chain shifts away from its northern neighbor. In January, it overtook them both to record the largest monthly deficit with the US. Exports rose about 20.1% in March from a year ago. Manufacturing, which grew 9.73% in the first quarter, remained the key driver of economic growth, according to the statistics office. Imports climbed 27.8% last month. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh previously warned of mounting pressure on inflation, interest rates and energy due to global tensions, and the potent...