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US Data: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Jul 30/17:06 EST Jul 30
                    Jul-19   Jun-19   May-19   Apr-19   Mar-19   Feb-19   Jan-19
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1               208/219  219/215  228/220  197/207  224/220  230/225  221/224
wk 2               216/219  222/218  212/225  193/201  216/220  231/229  217/223
wk 3               206/213  217/219  212/221  230/206  212/217  213/229  211/220
wk 4                        229/222  218/217  230/212  204/214  224/225  244/223
wk 5                        222/223                             218/221
Nonfarm Payrolls              +224k     +75k    +224k    +153k     +56k    +312k
Private Payrolls              +191k     +90k    +205k    +153k     +46k    +297k
Mfg Payroll                    +17k      +3k      +5k      -3k      +8k     +17k
Unemployment                   3.7%     3.6%     3.6%     3.8%     3.8%     4.0%
Avg Wkly Hours                 34.4     34.4     34.4     34.5     34.4     34.5
Avg Hours - Mfg                40.7     40.6     40.6     40.7     40.7     40.8
Aggr Hours Index              +0.2%    +0.1%    -0.2%    +0.5%    -0.3%    +0.3%
Aggr Hrs Index -
Mfg                           +0.3%    +0.1%    -0.2%    -0.1%    -0.1%    -0.1%
Avg Hourly
Earnings                      +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.1%
Final Demand PPI              +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.6%    +0.1%    -0.1%
excl food &
energy                        +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.3%
excl food,
energy, trade                  Flat    +0.4%    +0.4%     Flat    +0.1%    +0.2%
CPI                           +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.2%     Flat
excl food &
energy                        +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Import Prices                 -0.9%     Flat    +0.2%    +0.6%    +1.0%    +0.2%
non-petro import
prices                        -0.4%    -0.3%    -0.5%     Flat    +0.2%    -0.3%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd
Index                          47.9     53.2     50.0     54.3     49.4     49.6
PCE Price Index
M/M                           +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%    -0.1%
PCE Price Index
Y/Y                           +1.4%    +1.4%    +1.5%    +1.4%    +1.3%    +1.4%
Core PCE Price
Index M/M                     +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%     Flat     Flat
Core PCE Price
Index Y/Y                     +1.6%    +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.6%    +1.8%
Treasury Budget
(bn)                                   -$8.5  -$207.8  +$160.3  -$146.9    +$8.7
Consumer Credit
(bn)                                  +$17.1   +$17.5   +$11.0   +$15.5   +$17.7
CB Consumer
Confidence           135.7    124.3    131.3    129.2    124.2    131.4    121.7
Consumer
Sentiment             98.4     98.2    100.0     97.2     98.5     93.8     91.2
Car Sales Ex
GM,Ford, saar
(mn)                            2.3      2.3      2.3      2.6      2.4      2.5
Truck Sales Ex
GM,Ford, Saar
(mn)                            5.3      5.3      4.8      5.0      4.7      4.6
Total Ex GM,Ford,
saar (mn)                       7.6      7.6      7.1      7.6      7.1      7.1
Retail Sales                  +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +1.8%    -0.5%    +1.5%
excl motor
vehicles                      +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.6%    +1.4%    -0.6%    +2.4%
Personal Income               +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.6%    +0.3%
Personal Spending             +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.6%    +1.0%    -0.1%    +0.6%
ISM Mfg Index                  51.7     52.1     52.8     55.3     54.2     56.6
ISM Nonmfg NMI                 55.1     56.9     55.5     56.1     59.7     56.7
MNI Chicago
Report                         49.7     54.2     52.6     58.7     64.7     56.7
Phila Fed Mfg
Index                 21.8      0.3     16.6      8.5     13.7     -4.1     17.0
Phila Fed Nonmfg
Index                 21.4      8.2     17.3     21.0     21.7     10.0      1.0
Empire State
Index                  4.3     -8.6     17.8     10.1      3.7      8.8      3.9
KC Fed Mfg Index        -1        0        4        5       10        1        5
Richmond Fed Mfg
Index                  -12        2        7        9       10       14        1
Dallas Fed Mfg
Index                 -6.3    -12.1     -5.3      2.0      6.9     11.6     -0.2
Markit Mfg Index      50.0     50.6     50.5     52.4     52.4     53.0     54.9
Markit Services
Index                 52.2     50.7     50.9     53.0     55.3     56.0     54.2
Ind Production                 Flat    +0.4%    -0.5%    +0.1%    -0.5%    -0.4%
Capacity Util                 77.9%    78.1%    77.9%    78.4%    78.5%    79.0%
Factory Orders                         -0.7%    -1.2%    +1.3%    -1.0%    +0.1%
Factory Orders ex
transport                              +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%    -0.2%
Durables                      +2.0%    -2.3%    -2.8%    +1.7%    -2.6%    +0.5%
Durables ex
transport                     +1.2%    +0.5%    -0.2%    -0.5%    -0.3%    +0.1%
Nondurables                            -0.2%    +0.4%    +0.9%    +0.7%    -0.4%
Mfg Shipments                          +0.1%    -0.6%    +0.2%    +0.3%    -0.2%
Business
Inventories                            +0.3%    +0.5%     Flat    +0.3%    +0.9%
Factory                                +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.5%
Retail                                 +0.4%    +0.6%    -0.3%    +0.3%    +0.8%
Wholesale                              +0.4%    +0.8%     Flat    +0.4%    +1.2%
Housing Starts
(mn)                          1.253    1.265    1.270    1.199    1.149    1.291
Building Permits
(mn)                          1.232    1.299    1.290    1.288    1.287    1.316
NAHB Index                       64       66       63       62       62       58
New Home Sales
(k)                             646      604      658      705      669      644
Existing Homes
(mn)                           5.27     5.36     5.21     5.21     5.48     4.93
Pending Home
Sales Index                            105.4    104.3    105.9    101.9    103.2
Construct
Spending                               -0.8%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +1.0%    +0.7%
Private
Residential                            -0.6%    -0.6%    -0.8%    -0.7%    -2.9%
Trade Balance
(bn)                                  -$55.5   -$51.2   -$51.9   -$50.0   -$52.7
Exports (bn)                         +$210.6  +$206.4  +$211.4  +$209.6  +$207.4
Imports (bn)                         +$266.2  +$257.6  +$263.3  +$259.7  +$260.1
Goods Only, BOP
(bn)                                  -$76.1   -$71.7   -$72.7   -$70.8   -$73.0
Leading Index                 -0.3%     Flat    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.1%     Flat
                              Q2-19                      Q1-19
GDP (chain-wt)                +2.1%                      +3.1%
Final Sales                   +3.0%                      +2.6%
Chain prices                  +2.4%                      +1.1%
Current-dollar                +4.6%                      +3.9%
                                                         Q1-19
Nonfarm
Productivity                                             +3.4%
Nonfarm Unit
Labor Costs                                              -1.6%
                                                         Q1-19
ECI (q/q)                                                +0.7%
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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