US: Recap of Economic Indicators

                            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                       216/244   225/235  252/239  223/249  281/263  232/241

wk 3                       233/240   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                                    +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.5%    +0.4%

excl food & energy                     +0.3%    +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                    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.2%

PCE Price Index Y/Y                    +1.7%    +1.8%    +1.6%    +1.7%    +1.4%

Core PCE Price Index M/M               +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%

Core PCE Price Index Y/Y               +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.4%    +1.4%    +1.3%

Treasury Budget (bn)                  -$23.2  -$138.5   -$63.2    +$7.9  -$107.7

Consumer Credit (bn)                           +$28.0   +$20.5   +$17.8   +$10.1

CB Consumer Confidence                 122.1    128.6    126.2    120.6    120.4

Consumer Sentiment         94.4(a)      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                           +0.4%    +0.9%    +0.7%    +2.0%    -0.1%

excl motor vehicles                    +0.4%    +1.3%    +0.5%    +1.3%    +0.5%

Personal Income                        +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.5%    +0.2%

Personal Spending                      +0.4%    +0.8%    +0.3%    +1.0%    +0.2%

ISM Mfg Index                           59.3     58.2     58.5     60.2     59.3

ISM Nonmfg NMI                          56.0     57.3     59.8     59.4     55.2

MNI Chicago Report                      67.8     65.6     65.4     64.3     59.5

Phila Fed Mfg Index           22.2      27.9     24.3     28.8     25.8     22.1

Phila Fed Nonmfg Index        19.5      29.4     25.6     33.4     33.7     31.4

Empire State Index            17.7      19.6     20.9     28.1     23.8     24.2

KC Fed Mfg Index                16        13       15       22       18       16

Richmond Fed Mfg Index          14        20       30       12       19       14

Dallas Fed Mfg Index          33.4      29.7     19.4     27.6     21.3     17.0

Markit Mfg Index           55.5(a)      55.1     53.9     54.6     53.1     52.8

Markit Services Index      53.3(a)      53.7     54.5     55.3     55.3     56.0

Ind Production                         +0.9%    -0.1%    +1.8%    +0.2%    -0.4%

Capacity Util                          77.9%    77.2%    77.4%    76.1%    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                               +2.9%    +1.7%    -0.4%    +2.4%    +2.1%

Durables ex transport                  +0.6%    +0.3%    +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                            +0.4%     Flat     Flat    +0.6%

Factory                                         +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.6%    +0.6%

Retail                              +0.2%(a)    +0.1%     Flat    -0.9%    +0.6%

Wholesale                           +0.2%(a)     +0.8    -0.4%    +0.1%    +0.8%

Housing Starts (mn)                    1.192    1.299    1.261    1.159    1.172

Building Permits (mn)                  1.300    1.303    1.316    1.225    1.272

NAHB Index                      72        74       69       68       64       67

New Home Sales (k)                       625      689      599      639      559

Existing Homes (mn)                     5.57     5.78     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)                  -$71.6   -$70.9   -$69.2   -$65.2   -$64.7

Leading Index                          +0.6%    +0.5%    +1.3%     Flat    +0.4%

                                       Q4-17                      Q3-17

GDP (chain-wt)                         +2.6%                      +3.2%

Final Sales                            +3.2%                      +2.4%

Chain prices                           +2.4%                      +2.1%

Current-dollar                         +5.0%                      +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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--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 212-800-8517; email: sara.haire@marketnews.com

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