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US Data: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Sep 9/17:06 EST Sep 9
                    Aug-19   Jul-19   Jun-19   May-19   Apr-19   Mar-19   Feb-19
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1               211/213  208/219  219/215  228/220  197/207  224/220  230/225
wk 2               221/214  216/219  222/218  212/225  193/201  216/220  231/229
wk 3               211/215  207/213  217/219  212/221  230/206  212/217  213/229
wk 4               215/215  217/212  229/222  218/217  230/212  204/214  224/225
wk 5               217/216  211/213  222/223                             218/221
Nonfarm Payrolls     +130k    +164k    +193k     +62k    +216k    +153k     +56k
Private Payrolls      +96k    +148k    +179k     +81k    +195k    +153k     +46k
Mfg Payroll            +3k     +16k     +12k      +2k      +3k      -3k      +8k
Unemployment          3.7%     3.7%     3.7%     3.6%     3.6%     3.8%     3.8%
Avg Wkly Hours        34.4     34.3     34.4     34.4     34.4     34.5     34.4
Avg Hours - Mfg       40.6     40.4     40.7     40.6     40.6     40.7     40.7
Aggr Hours Index     +0.4%    -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%    -0.2%    +0.5%    -0.3%
Aggr Hrs Index -
Mfg                  +0.5%    -0.6%    +0.3%    +0.1%    -0.2%    -0.1%    -0.1%
                              +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.4%
Final Demand PPI              +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.6%    +0.1%
excl food &
energy                        -0.1%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.1%
excl food,
energy, trade                 -0.1%     Flat    +0.4%    +0.4%     Flat    +0.1%
CPI                           +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.2%
excl food &
energy                        +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%
Import Prices                 +0.2%    -0.9%     Flat    +0.2%    +0.6%    +1.0%
non-petro import
prices                         Flat    -0.4%    -0.3%    -0.5%     Flat    +0.2%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd
Index                          45.1     47.9     53.2     50.0     54.3     49.4
PCE Price Index
M/M                           +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%
PCE Price Index
Y/Y                           +1.4%    +1.4%    +1.4%    +1.5%    +1.4%    +1.3%
Core PCE Price
Index M/M                     +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%     Flat
Core PCE Price
Index Y/Y                     +1.6%    +1.6%    +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.6%
Treasury Budget
(bn)                                 -$119.7    -$8.5  -$207.8  +$160.3  -$146.9
Consumer Credit
(bn)                                           +$17.1   +$17.5   +$11.0   +$15.5
CB Consumer
Confidence           135.1    135.8    124.3    131.3    129.2    124.2    131.4
Consumer
Sentiment                      98.4     98.2    100.0     97.2     98.5     93.8
Retail Sales                  +0.7%    +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.4%    +1.8%    -0.5%
excl motor
vehicles                      +1.0%    +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.6%    +1.4%    -0.6%
Personal Income               +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.6%
Personal Spending             +0.6%    +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.6%    +1.0%    -0.1%
ISM Mfg Index         49.1     51.2     51.7     52.1     52.8     55.3     54.2
ISM Nonmfg NMI                 53.7     55.1     56.9     55.5     56.1     59.7
MNI Chicago
Report                50.4     44.4     49.7     54.2     52.6     58.7     64.7
Phila Fed Mfg
Index                 16.8     21.8      0.3     16.6      8.5     13.7     -4.1
Phila Fed Nonmfg
Index                  7.5     21.4      8.2     17.3     21.0     21.7     10.0
Empire State
Index                  4.8      4.3     -8.6     17.8     10.1      3.7      8.8
KC Fed Mfg Index        -6       -1        0        4        5       10        1
Richmond Fed Mfg
Index                    1      -12        2        7        9       10       14
Dallas Fed Mfg
Index                 17.9     -6.3    -12.1     -5.3      2.0      6.9     11.6
Markit Mfg Index      49.9     50.4     50.6     50.5     52.4     52.4     53.0
Markit Services
Index                 53.0     53.0     51.5     50.9     53.0     55.3     56.0
Ind Production                -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%    -0.6%    +0.1%    -0.5%
Capacity Util                 77.5%    77.8%    77.8%    77.7%    78.4%    78.5%
Factory Orders                 +1.4    +0.6%    -1.3%    -1.2%    +1.3%    -1.0%
Factory Orders ex
transport                      +0.3    +0.1%    +0.0%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%
Durables                      +2.0%    +1.8%    -2.3%    -2.8%    +1.7%    -2.6%
Durables ex
transport                     -0.4%    +0.8%    +0.4%    -0.2%    -0.5%    -0.3%
Nondurables                   +0.8%    -0.7%    -0.3%    +0.4%    +0.9%    +0.7%
Mfg Shipments                  -0.2     +0.1    +0.1%    -0.6%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Business
Inventories                             Flat    +0.3%    +0.5%     Flat    +0.3%
Factory                        +0.2    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.3%
Retail                                 -0.3%    +0.3%    +0.6%    -0.3%    +0.3%
Wholesale                               Flat    +0.4%    +0.8%     Flat    +0.4%
Housing Starts
(mn)                          1.191    1.241    1.264    1.270    1.199    1.149
Building Permits
(mn)                          1.336    1.232    1.299    1.290    1.288    1.287
NAHB Index                       65       64       66       63       62       62
New Home Sales
(k)                             635      646      604      658      705      669
Existing Homes
(mn)                           5.42     5.29     5.36     5.21     5.21     5.48
Pending Home
Sales Index                   105.6    108.3    105.4    104.3    105.9    101.9
Construct
Spending                        0.1     -0.7    -0.5%    +0.9%    +0.1%    +1.0%
Private
Residential                     0.6     -0.5     Flat    +0.9%    -0.8%    -0.7%
Trade Balance
(bn)                         -$54.0   -$55.2   -$55.3   -$51.2   -$51.9   -$50.0
Exports (bn)                 $207.4   $206.3   $210.7   $206.4   $211.4   $209.6
Imports (bn)                 $261.4   $261.5   $266.0   $257.6   $263.3   $259.7
Goods Only, BOP
(bn)                         -$72.5   -$75.1   -$75.9   -$71.7   -$72.7   -$70.8
Leading Index                 +0.5%    -0.1%    -0.1%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.1%
                                       Q2-19                      Q1-19
GDP (chain-wt)                         +2.0%                      +3.1%
Final Sales                            +3.0%                      +2.6%
Chain prices                           +2.4%                      +1.1%
Current-dollar                         +4.6%                      +3.9%
                                       Q2-19                      Q1-19
Nonfarm
Productivity                           +2.3%                      +3.5%
Nonfarm Unit
Labor Costs                            +2.6%                      +5.5%
                                       Q2-19                      Q1-19
ECI (q/q)                              +0.6%                      +0.7%
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: alexandra.kelley@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE]

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