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Free AccessUS: Recap of Economic Indicators
Oct-17 Sep-17 Aug-17 Jul-17 Jun-17 May-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1 244/258 298/250 244/241 250/244 245/242 238/243
wk 2 222/248 281/263 232/241 248/246 238/243 236/244
wk 3 260/269 235/238 234/244 242/245 233/241
wk 4 269/277 236/237 245/244 244/242 235/236
wk 5 258/267 241/242 255/240
Nonfarm Payrolls -33k +169k +138k +210k +145k
Private Payrolls -40k +164k +133k +207k +153k
Mfg Payroll -1k +41k -11k +21k Flat
Unemployment 4.2% 4.4% 4.3% 4.4% 4.3%
Avg Wkly Hours 34.4 34.4 34.4 34.5 34.4
Avg Hours - Mfg 40.7 40.7 40.9 40.8 40.7
Aggr Hours Index -0.1% +0.2% -0.2% +0.5% -0.2%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg Flat -0.2% +0.2% +0.3% Flat
Avg Hourly Earnings +0.5% +0.2% +0.5% +0.2% +0.2%
Final Demand PPI +0.4% +0.2% -0.1% +0.1% Flat
excl food & energy +0.4% +0.1% -0.1% +0.1% +0.3%
excl food, energy, trade +0.2% +0.2% Flat +0.2% -0.1%
CPI +0.5% +0.4% +0.1% Flat -0.1%
excl food & energy +0.1% +0.2% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1%
Import Prices +0.7% +0.6% -0.1% -0.2% -0.1%
non-petro import prices +0.3% +0.3% -0.1% +0.1% Flat
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index 71.5 62.0 62.0 55.0 60.5
Core PCE Price Index +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1%
Treasury Budget (bn) +$8.00 -$107.7 -$42.9 -$90.2 -$88.4
Consumer Credit (bn) +$13.1 +$17.7 +$11.5 +$18.1
CB Consumer Confidence 119.8 120.4 120.0 117.3 117.6
Consumer Sentiment 101.1 95.1 96.8 93.4 95.1 97.1
Car Sales, saar (mn) 4.6 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2
Truck Sales, saar (mn) 9.6 8.3 8.7 8.8 8.5
Total, saar (mn) 14.2 12.3 12.9 12.8 12.7
Retail Sales +1.6% -0.1% +0.5% -0.1% Flat
excl motor vehicles +1.0% +0.5% +0.5% -0.2% -0.2%
Personal Income +0.2% +0.3% Flat +0.3%
Personal Spending +0.1% +0.3% +0.1% +0.2%
ISM Mfg Index 60.8 58.8 56.3 57.8 54.9
ISM Nonmfg NMI 59.8 55.3 53.9 57.4 56.9
MNI Chicago Report 65.2 58.9 58.9 65.7 59.4
Phila Fed Mfg Index 27.9 23.8 18.9 19.5 27.6 38.8
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index 33.2 31.8 23.4 33.6 25.6
Empire State Index 30.2 24.4 25.2 9.8 19.8 -1.0
Markit Mfg Index 53.1 52.8 53.3 52.0 52.7
Markit Services Index 55.3 56.0 54.6 54.2 53.6
Ind Production +0.3% -0.7% +0.1% +0.2% +0.1%
Capacity Util 76.0% 75.8% 76.5% 76.6% 76.6%
Factory Orders +1.2% -3.3% +3.2% -0.3%
Factory Orders ex
transport +0.4% +0.5% +0.1% -0.1%
Durables +2.0% -6.8% +6.4% Flat
Durables ex transport +0.5% +0.8 Flat +0.8%
Nondurables +0.4% +0.3% +0.2% -0.6%
Mfg Shipments +0.5% +0.3% +0.1% +0.3%
Business Inventories +0.7% +0.3% +0.5% +0.3%
Factory +0.4% +0.2% +0.3 -0.2%
Retail +0.7% Flat +0.6% +0.6%
Wholesale +0.9% +0.6 +0.6% +0.6%
Housing Starts (mn) 1.127 1.183 1.185 1.217 1.129
Building Permits (mn) 1.215 1.272 1.230 1.275 1.168
NAHB Index 68 64 67 64 66 69
New Home Sales (k) 560 580 614 606
Existing Homes (mn) 5.39 5.35 5.44 5.51 5.62
Pending Home Sales Index 106.3 109.1 110.0 108.6
Construct Spending +0.5% -1.2% -0.8% +1.6%
Private Residential +0.4% +0.2% +1.2% +0.7%
Trade Balance (bn) -$42.4 -$43.6 -$43.5 -$46.4
Exports (bn) $195.3 $194.5 $194.9 $192.3
Imports (bn) $237.7 $238.1 $238.5 $238.7
Goods Only, BOP (bn) -$64.4 -$65.3 -$65.4 -$66.3
Leading Index -0.2% +0.4% +0.3% +0.6% +0.3%
Q2-17 Q1-17
GDP (chain-wt) +3.1% +1.2%
Final Sales +2.9% +2.7%
Chain prices +1.0% +2.0%
Current-dollar +4.1% +3.3%
Q2-17 Q1-17
Nonfarm Productivity +1.5% +0.1%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs +0.2% +4.8%
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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