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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Aug 2/17:06 EST Aug 2
                           Jul-17     Jun-17   May-17   Apr-17   Mar-17   Feb-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                      250/244    245/242  238/243  235/250  252/244  237/245
wk 2                      248/246    238/243  236/244  234/247  246/243  248/247
wk 3                      234/244    242/245  233/241  243/243  261/247  247/246
wk 4                      244/244    244/242  235/236  257/242  259/255  227/240
wk 5                                          255/240
Nonfarm Payrolls                       +222k    +152k    +207k     +50k    +232k
Private Payrolls                        +187    +147k    +194k     +77k    +222k
Mfg Payroll                              +1k      -2k      +9k     +11k     +22k
Unemployment                            4.4%     4.3%     4.4%     4.5%     4.7%
Avg Wkly Hours                          34.5     34.4     34.5     34.3     34.3
Avg Hours - Mfg                         40.8     40.7     40.7     40.6     40.7
Aggr Hours Index                       +0.5%    -0.2%    +0.8%     flat    -0.1%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg                   +0.2%     flat    +0.3%    -0.1%    -0.1%
Avg Hourly Earnings                    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Final Demand PPI                       +0.1%     Flat    +0.5%    -0.1%    +0.3%
excl food & energy                     +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.4%     0.0%    +0.3%
excl food, energy, trade               +0.2%    -0.1%    +0.7%    +0.1%    +0.3%
CPI                                     Flat    -0.1%    +0.2%    -0.3%    +0.1%
excl food & energy                     +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%    -0.1%    +0.2%
Import Prices                          -0.2%    -0.1%    +0.2%    -0.2%    +0.3%
non-petro import prices                +0.1%     Flat    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.3%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index      62.0       55.0     60.5     68.5     70.5     68.0
Core PCE Price Index                   +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%    -0.2%    +0.2%
Treasury Budget (bn)                  -$90.2   -$88.4  +$182.4  -$176.2  -$192.0
Consumer Credit (bn)                           +$18.4   +$12.9   +$14.7   +$16.6
CB Consumer Confidence      121.1      117.3    117.6    119.4    124.9    116.1
Consumer Sentiment           93.4       95.1     97.1     97.0     96.9     96.3
Car Sales, saar (mn)          4.2        4.0      4.2      4.3      4.3      4.3
Truck Sales, saar (mn)        8.7        8.8      8.5      8.6      8.6      9.2
Total, saar (mn)             12.9       12.8     12.7     12.9     12.9     13.5
Retail Sales                           -0.2%    -0.1%    +0.3%    +0.1%    -0.2%
excl motor vehicles                    -0.2%    -0.3%    +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.1%
Personal Income                         Flat    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.5%
Personal Spending                      +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.1%
ISM Mfg Index                56.3       57.8     54.9     54.8     57.2     57.7
ISM Nonmfg NMI                          57.4     56.9     57.5     55.2     57.6
MNI Chicago Report           58.9       65.7     59.4     58.3     57.7     57.4
Phila Fed Mfg Index          19.5       27.6     38.8     22.0     32.8     43.3
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index       23.4       33.6     25.6     30.1     35.4     29.3
Empire State Index            9.8       19.8     -1.0      5.2     16.4     18.7
Markit Mfg Index             53.3       52.0     52.7     52.8     53.3     54.2
Markit Nonmfg Index       54.2(a)       54.2     53.6     53.1     52.8     53.8
Ind Production                         +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.8%    +0.1%    +0.3%
Capacity Util                          76.6%    76.4%    76.4%    75.8%    75.9%
Factory Orders                                  -0.8%    -0.3%    +1.0%    +0.8%
Factory Orders ex
transport                                       -0.3%     Flat    +0.2%    +0.3%
Durables                               +6.5%    -0.1%    -0.8%    +2.4%    +1.4%
Durables ex transport                  +0.2%    +0.6%    -0.4%     0.9%    +0.3%
Nondurables                                     -0.8%    +0.2%    -0.3%    +0.3%
Mfg Shipments                                   +0.1%    +0.0%    -0.2%    +0.3%
Business Inventories                            +0.3%    -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Factory                                         -0.1%     Flat    +0.2%    +0.2%
Retail                              +0.6%(a)    +0.6%    -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Wholesale                           +0.6%(a)    +0.4%    -0.5%    +0.2%    +0.4%
Housing Starts (mn)                    1.215    1.122    1.154    1.189    1.288
Building Permits (mn)                  1.275    1.168    1.228    1.260    1.219
NAHB Index                     64         66       69       68       71       65
New Home Sales (k)                       610      605      577      638      615
Existing Homes (mn)                     5.52     5.62     5.56      5.7     5.47
Pending Home Sales Index               110.2    108.6    109.4    111.3    112.3
Construct Spending                     -1.3%    +0.3%    -1.8%    +0.3%    +1.0%
Private Residential                    -0.2%    -0.8%    -0.4%    +0.8%    +0.7%
Trade Balance (bn)                             -$46.5   -$47.6   -$45.3   -$44.9
Exports (bn)                                   $192.0   $191.2   $191.5   $191.7
Imports (bn)                                   $238.5   $238.8   $236.7   $236.6
Goods Only, BOP (bn)               -$63.9(a)   -$66.3   -$67.1   -$66.1   -$65.3
Leading Index                          +0.6%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.5%
                                       Q2-17             Q1-17             Q4-16
GDP (chain-wt)                         +2.6%             +1.2%             +1.8%
Final Sales                            +2.6%             +2.7%             +0.7%
Chain prices                           +1.0%             +2.0%             +2.0%
Current-dollar                         +3.6%             +3.3%             +3.8%
                                                         Q1-17             Q4-16
Nonfarm Productivity                                      Flat             +1.8%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs                                 +2.2%             +1.3%
                                       Q2-17             Q1-17             Q4-16
ECI (q/q)                              +0.5%             +0.8%             +0.5%
(a) advance report
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 212-800-8517; email: sara.haire@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE]

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