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US: Recap of Economic Indicators
Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Aug 18/17:06 EST Aug 18
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 2 232/241 248/246 238/243 236/244 234/247 246/243
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 97.6 (a) 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 18.9 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 +0.2% +0.4% Flat +0.9% +0.2%
Capacity Util 76.7% 76.7% 76.5% 76.5% 75.9%
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 +0.3% +0.6% +0.3% +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%
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