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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Aug 16/17:06 EST Aug 16
                             Aug-17   Jul-17   Jun-17   May-17   Apr-17   Mar-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                        244/241  250/244  245/242  238/243  235/250  252/244
wk 2                                 248/246  238/243  236/244  234/247  246/243
wk 3                                 234/244  242/245  233/241  243/243  261/247
wk 4                                 245/244  244/242  235/236  257/242  259/255
wk 5                                 241/242           255/240
Nonfarm Payrolls                       +209k    +231k    +145k    +207k     +50k
Private Payrolls                       +205k    +194k    +153k    +194k     +77k
Mfg Payroll                             +16k     +12k     Flat      +9k     +11k
Unemployment                            4.3%     4.4%     4.3%     4.4%     4.5%
Avg Wkly Hours                          34.5     34.5     34.4     34.5     34.3
Avg Hours - Mfg                         40.9     40.9     40.7     40.7     40.6
Aggr Hours Index                       +0.2%    +0.5%    -0.2%    +0.8%     flat
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg                   +0.1%    +0.6%     Flat    +0.3%    -0.1%
Avg Hourly Earnings                    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Final Demand PPI                       -0.1%    +0.1%     Flat    +0.6%     Flat
excl food & energy                     -0.1%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.2%
excl food, energy, trade                Flat    +0.2%    -0.1%    +0.7%     Flat
CPI                                     +0.1     Flat    -0.1%    +0.2%    -0.3%
excl food & energy                      +0.1    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%    -0.1%
Import Prices                                   -0.2%    -0.1%    +0.2%    -0.2%
non-petro import prices                         +0.1%     Flat    +0.3%    +0.1%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index                 62.0     55.0     60.5     68.5     70.5
Core PCE Price Index                            +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%    -0.2%
Treasury Budget (bn)                   -42.9   -$90.2   -$88.4  +$182.4  -$176.2
Consumer Credit (bn)                           +$12.4   +$18.3   +$12.3   +$15.2
CB Consumer Confidence                 121.1    117.3    117.6    119.4    124.9
Consumer Sentiment                      93.4     95.1     97.1     97.0     96.9
Car Sales, saar (mn)                     4.2      4.0      4.2      4.3      4.3
Truck Sales, saar (mn)                   8.7      8.8      8.5      8.6      8.6
Total, saar (mn)                        12.9     12.8     12.7     12.9     12.9
Retail Sales                           +0.6%    +0.3%     Flat    +0.3%    +0.1%
excl motor vehicles                    +0.5%    +0.1%    -0.2%    +0.3%    +0.3%
Personal Income                                  Flat    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Personal Spending                               +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.5%
ISM Mfg Index                           56.3     57.8     54.9     54.8     57.2
ISM Nonmfg NMI                          53.9     57.4     56.9     57.5     55.2
MNI Chicago Report                      58.9     65.7     59.4     58.3     57.7
Phila Fed Mfg Index                     19.5     27.6     38.8     22.0     32.8
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index                  23.4     33.6     25.6     30.1     35.4
Empire State Index             25.2      9.8     19.8     -1.0      5.2     16.4
Markit Mfg Index                        53.3     52.0     52.7     52.8     53.3
Markit Nonmfg Index                     54.6     54.2     53.6     53.1     52.8
Ind Production                                  +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.8%    +0.1%
Capacity Util                                   76.6%    76.4%    76.4%    75.8%
Factory Orders                                  +3.0%    -0.8%    -0.3%    +1.0%
Factory Orders ex
transport                                      -0.2 %    -0.3%     Flat    +0.2%
Durables                                        +6.4%    -0.1%    -0.8%    +2.4%
Durables ex transport                           +0.1%    +0.6%    -0.4%     0.9%
Nondurables                                     -0.3%    -0.8%    +0.2%    -0.3%
Mfg Shipments                                   -0.2%    +0.3%     Flat    -0.2%
Business Inventories                            +0.5%    +0.3%    -0.2%    +0.2%
Factory                                         +0.2%    -0.1%     Flat    +0.2%
Retail                                          +0.6%    +0.6%    -0.2%    +0.2%
Wholesale                                       +0.7%    +0.6%    -0.5%    +0.2%
Housing Starts (mn)                    1.155    1.213    1.129    1.154    1.189
Building Permits (mn)                  1.223    1.275    1.168    1.228    1.260
NAHB Index                       68       64       66       69       68       71
New Home Sales (k)                                610      605      577      638
Existing Homes (mn)                              5.52     5.62     5.56      5.7
Pending Home Sales Index                        110.2    108.6    109.4    111.3
Construct Spending                              -1.3%    +0.3%    -1.8%    +0.3%
Private Residential                             -0.2%    -0.8%    -0.4%    +0.8%
Trade Balance (bn)                             -$43.6   -$46.4   -$47.6   -$45.3
Exports (bn)                                            $192.0   $191.2   $191.5
Imports (bn)                                            $238.5   $238.8   $236.7
Goods Only, BOP (bn)                           -$65.2   -$67.4   -$68.4   -$66.1
Leading Index                                   +0.6%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%
                                                Q2-17             Q1-17
GDP (chain-wt)                                  +2.6%             +1.2%
Final Sales                                     +2.6%             +2.7%
Chain prices                                    +1.0%             +2.0%
Current-dollar                                  +3.6%             +3.3%
                                                Q2-17             Q1-17
Nonfarm Productivity                            +0.9%             +0.1%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs                        +0.6%             +5.4%
                                                Q2-17             Q1-17
ECI (q/q)                                       +0.5%             +0.8%
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 212-800-8517; email: sara.haire@marketnews.com
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