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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 20:06 GMT Jan 11/15:06 EST Jan 11
                            Jan-18   Dec-17    Nov-17   Oct-17   Sep-17   Aug-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                       261/251  236/242   239/231  244/258  298/250  244/241
wk 2                                225/235   252/239  223/249  281/263  232/241
wk 3                                245/236   240/240  234/240  260/269  235/238
wk 4                                247/238   238/242  229/233  269/277  236/237
wk 5                                250/242                     258/267
Nonfarm Payrolls                      +148k     +252k    +211k     +38k    +208k
Private Payrolls                      +146k     +239k    +222k     +50k    +184k
Mfg Payroll                            +25k      +31k     +23k      +9k     +44k
Unemployment                           4.1%      4.1%     4.1%     4.2%     4.4%
Avg Wkly Hours                         34.5      34.5     34.4     34.4     34.4
Avg Hours - Mfg                        40.8      40.9     40.9     40.8     40.8
Aggr Hours Index                      +0.2%     +0.5%    +0.2%     Flat    +0.2%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg                  -0.1%     +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.1%
Avg Hourly Earnings                   +0.3%     +0.1%    -0.1%    +0.4%    +0.1%
Final Demand PPI                      -0.1%     +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.4%
excl food & energy                    -0.1%     +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.2%    +0.2%
excl food, energy, trade              +0.1%     +0.4%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%
CPI                                             +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.5%    +0.4%
excl food & energy                              +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Import Prices                         +0.1%     +0.8%    +0.2%    +0.8%    +0.6%
non-petro import prices               -0.2%     +0.2%     Flat    +0.4%    +0.2%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index                69.0      65.5     68.5     71.5     62.0
PCE Price Index M/M                             +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.2%
PCE Price Index Y/Y                             +1.8%    +1.6%    +1.7%    +1.4%
Core PCE Price Index M/M                        +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y                        +1.5%    +1.4%    +1.4%    +1.3%
Treasury Budget (bn)                          -$138.5   -$63.2    +$8.0  -$107.7
Consumer Credit (bn)                           +$28.0   +$20.5   +$19.2   +$11.5
CB Consumer Confidence                122.1     128.6    126.2    120.6    120.4
Consumer Sentiment                     95.9      98.5    100.7     95.1     96.8
Car Sales, saar (mn)                    4.1       4.3      4.4      4.6      4.0
Truck Sales, saar (mn)                  9.5       9.0      9.4      9.6      8.3
Total, saar (mn)                       13.6      13.3     13.8     14.2     12.3
Retail Sales                                    +0.8%    +0.5%    +2.0%    -0.1%
excl motor vehicles                             +1.0%    +0.4%    +1.3%    +0.5%
Personal Income                                 +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.5%    +0.2%
Personal Spending                               +0.6%    +0.2%    +1.0%    +0.2%
ISM Mfg Index                          59.7      58.2     58.7     60.8     58.8
ISM Nonmfg NMI                         55.9      57.4     60.1     59.8     55.3
MNI Chicago Report                     67.6      63.9     66.2     65.2     58.9
Phila Fed Mfg Index                    27.9      24.3     28.8     25.8     22.1
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index                 25.3      19.3     32.2     33.2     31.8
Empire State Index                     18.0      19.4     30.2     24.4     25.2
Markit Mfg Index                       55.1      53.9     54.6     53.1     52.8
Markit Services Index                  53.7      54.5     55.3     55.3     56.0
Ind Production                                  +0.2%    +1.2%    +0.3%    -0.4%
Capacity Util                                   77.1%    77.0%    76.2%    76.1%
Factory Orders                                  +1.3%    +0.4%    +1.7%    +1.2%
Factory Orders ex
transport                                       +0.8%    +1.2%    +1.1%    +0.6%
Durables                                        +1.3%    -0.4%    +2.4%    +2.1%
Durables ex transport                           -0.1%    +1.4%    +1.3%    +0.8%
Nondurables                                     +1.4%    +1.1%    +1.0%    +0.4%
Mfg Shipments                                   +1.2%    +0.8%    +1.1%    +0.6%
Business Inventories                                     -0.1%     Flat    +0.6%
Factory                                         +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.6%    +0.6%
Retail                                       +0.1%(a)     Flat    -0.9%    +0.6%
Wholesale                                        +0.8    -0.4%    +0.1%    +0.8%
Housing Starts (mn)                             1.297    1.256    1.159    1.172
Building Permits (mn)                           1.303    1.316    1.225    1.272
NAHB Index                               74        69       68       64       67
New Home Sales (k)                                733      624      635      559
Existing Homes (mn)                              5.81     5.50     5.37     5.35
Pending Home Sales Index                        109.5    109.3    105.6    106.0
Construct Spending                              +0.8%    +0.9%    +1.3%    +0.5%
Private Residential                             +1.0%    +0.1%    +0.9%    +0.5%
Trade Balance (bn)                             -$50.5   -$48.9   -$44.9   -$44.3
Exports (bn)                                   $200.2   $195.9   $195.9   $193.7
Imports (bn)                                   $250.7   $244.6   $240.8   $238.1
Goods Only, BOP (bn)                           -$70.9   -$69.2   -$65.2   -$64.7
Leading Index                                   +0.4%    +1.2%    +0.1%    +0.4%
                                                                  Q3-17
GDP (chain-wt)                                                    +3.2%
Final Sales                                                       +2.4%
Chain prices                                                      +2.1%
Current-dollar                                                    +5.3%
                                                                  Q3-17
Nonfarm Productivity                                              +3.0%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs                                          -0.2%
                                                                  Q3-17
ECI (q/q)                                                         +0.7%
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