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Free AccessUS Data: Recap of Economic Indicators
Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 22:06 GMT Dec 5/17:06 EST Dec 5
Nov-19 Oct-19 Sep-19 Aug-19 Jul-19 Jun-19
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1 211/215 210/214 206/213 211/213 208/219 219/215
wk 2 227/217 218/216 210/213 221/214 216/219 222/218
wk 3 228/221 213/215 215/213 211/215 207/213 217/219
wk 4 213/220 213/215 220/213 216/215 217/212 229/222
wk 5 203/218 218/215 219/217 211/213 222/223
Nonfarm Payrolls +128k +136k +168k +166k +193k
Private Payrolls +180k +114k +122k +148k +179k
Mfg Payroll -36k -2k +2k +16k +12k
Unemployment 3.6% 3.5% 3.7% 3.7% 3.7%
Avg Wkly Hours 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.4
Avg Hours - Mfg 40.3 40.5 40.5 40.4 40.7
Aggr Hours Index 0.0% 0.0% +0.4% -0.2% +0.2%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg -0.6% 0.0% +0.5% -0.6% +0.3%
Avg Hourly Earnings +0.2% +0.4% +0.4% +0.4% +0.3%
Final Demand PPI +0.4% -0.3% +0.1% +0.2% +0.1%
excl food & energy +0.3% -0.3% +0.3% -0.1% +0.3%
excl food, energy, trade +0.1% 0.0 +0.4% -0.1% Flat
CPI +0.4% +0.1% +0.1% +0.3% +0.1%
excl food & energy +0.2% +0.2% +0.3% +0.3% +0.3%
Import Prices -0.2% +0.2% -0.5% +0.2% -0.9%
non-petro import prices -0.1% 0.0 Flat -0.4%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index 46.7 45.5 49.7 46.0 45.1 47.9
PCE Price Index M/M 0.0% 0.0% +0.2% +0.1%
PCE Price Index Y/Y 1.3% 1.4% +1.4% +1.4%
Core PCE Price Index M/M 0.0% 0.1% +0.2% +0.2%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y 1.7% 1.8% +1.6% +1.6%
Treasury Budget (bn) -$134.5 +$82.8 -$200.3 -$119.7 -$8.5
Consumer Credit (bn) +$9.5 +$17.8 +$23.3 +$13.8
CB Consumer Confidence 125.9 125.1 135.1 135.8 124.3
Consumer Sentiment 95.5 93.2 89.8 98.4 98.2
Retail Sales 0.3% -0.3% +0.4 +0.8% +0.4%
excl motor vehicles 0.2% -0.1 0.0 +1.0% +0.3%
Personal Income +0.3% +0.4% +0.1% +0.4%
Personal Spending +0.2% +0.1% +0.6% +0.3%
ISM Mfg Index 48.1 48.3 47.8 49.1 51.2 51.7
ISM Nonmfg NMI 53.9 54.7 52.6 56.4 53.7 55.1
MNI Chicago Report 46.3 43.2 47.1 50.4 44.4 49.7
Phila Fed Mfg Index 5.6 12.0 16.8 21.8 0.3
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index 12.6 9.5 7.5 21.4 8.2
Empire State Index 2.9 4.0 2.0 4.8 4.3 -8.6
KC Fed Mfg Index -3 -2 -6 -1 0
Richmond Fed Mfg Index 8 -9 1 -12 2
Dallas Fed Mfg Index -1.3 -5.1 1.5 2.7 -6.3 -12.1
Markit Mfg Index 52.6 51.3 51.5 50.3 50.4 50.6
Markit Services Index 50.6 50.9 50.7 53.0 51.5
Ind Production -0.8% -0.4% +0.8% -0.1% +0.1%
Capacity Util 76.7% 77.5% 77.9% 77.5% 77.8%
Factory Orders +0.3% -0.6% -0.1% +1.4 +0.6%
Factory Orders ex
transport +0.2% -0.1% 0.0% +0.3 +0.1%
Durables -1.2% +0.2% +2.0% +1.8%
Durables ex transport -0.6% +0.4% -0.4% +0.8%
Nondurables +0.8% -0.7%
Mfg Shipments -0.2 +0.1
Business Inventories 0.0 0.0 +0.4 +0.4 Flat
Factory +0.2 +0.1%
Retail -0.1 0.8 -0.3%
Wholesale -0.4 +0.1 +0.2 Flat
Housing Starts (mn) 1.314 1.266 1.386 1.191 1.241
Building Permits (mn) 1.461 1.391 1.425 1.336 1.232
NAHB Index 68 66 65 64
New Home Sales (k) 701 706 635 646
Existing Homes (mn) 5.46 5.38 5.49 5.42 5.29
Pending Home Sales Index 108.7 107.1 105.6 108.3
Construct Spending -0.8 -0.3 1.1 0.5 -1.7
Private Residential -1.0 -1.1 1.5 0.4 -0.9
Trade Balance (bn) -42.2 $-51.1 -$53.5 -$52.7 -$53.6
Exports (bn) $207.1 $207.5 $209.3 $208.9 $206.1
Imports (bn) $254.3 $258.7 $262.9 $261.6 $261.8
Goods Only, BOP (bn) -$68.0 -$71.7 -$74.2 -$73.6 -$75.2
Leading Index -0.1% +0.0% +0.5% -0.1%
Q3-19 Q2-19
GDP (chain-wt) +1.9% +2.0%
Final Sales +2.0% +3.0%
Chain prices +2.4% +2.4%
Current-dollar +1.7% +4.6%
Q3-19 Q2-19
Nonfarm Productivity -0.3% +2.3%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs +3.6% +2.6%
Q3-19 Q2-19
ECI (q/q) +0.7% +0.6%
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: brooke.migdon@marketnews.com
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