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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT May 8/17:06 EST May 8
                            Apr-18    Mar-18   Feb-18   Jan-18   Dec-17   Nov-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                       233/230   230/225  223/228  247/245  235/241  237/234
wk 2                       233/232   226/223  234/230  226/241  229/236  250/239
wk 3                       209/229   227/225  218/227  229/238  242/236  239/240
wk 4                       211/222   218/225  217/223  234/234  242/237  239/241
wk 5                                 242/228                    248/240
Nonfarm Payrolls             +164k     +135k    +324k    +176k    +175k    +216k
Private Payrolls             +168k     +135k    +321k    +188k    +174k    +217k
Mfg Payroll                   +24k      +22k     +32k     +20k     +39k     +30k
Unemployment                  3.9%      4.1%     4.1%     4.1%     4.1%     4.1%
Avg Wkly Hours                34.5      34.5     34.5     34.4     34.5     34.5
Avg Hours - Mfg               41.1      40.9     41.0     40.7     40.8     40.9
Aggr Hours Index             +0.1%     +0.2%    +0.6%    -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.5%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg         +0.8%     -0.1%    +1.0%    -0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Avg Hourly Earnings          +0.1%     +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.3%
Final Demand PPI                       +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.4%     Flat    +0.4%
excl food & energy                     +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.4%    -0.1%    +0.2%
excl food, energy, trade               +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.3%
CPI                                     -01%    +0.2%    +0.5%    +0.2%    +0.3%
excl food & energy                     +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Import Prices                           Flat    +0.3%    +0.8%    +0.2%    +1.0%
non-petro import prices                +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.6%    -0.1%    +0.2%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index       79.3      78.1     74.2     72.7     69.0     65.5
PCE Price Index M/M                     Flat    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.2%
PCE Price Index Y/Y                    +2.0%    +1.7%    +1.7%    +1.7%    +1.7%
Core PCE Price Index M/M               +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y               +1.9%    +1.6%    +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.5%
Treasury Budget (bn)                 -$208.7  -$215.2   +$49.2   -$23.2  -$138.5
Consumer Credit (bn)                  +$11.6   +$13.6   +$15.0   +$14.3   +$30.6
CB Consumer Confidence       128.7     127.0    130.0    124.3    123.1    128.6
Consumer Sentiment            98.8     101.4     99.7     95.7     95.9     98.5
Car Sales (Ex GM), saar
(mn)                           3.1       3.2      3.3      3.2      3.3      3.5
Truck Sales (Ex GM), Saar
(mn)                           6.9       7.0      6.7      6.6      6.8      6.7
Total (Ex GM), saar (mn)      10.0      10.2     10.0      9.9     10.1     10.2
Retail Sales                           +0.6%    -0.1%    -0.2%    -0.1%    +0.8%
excl motor vehicles                    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%     Flat    +1.2%
Personal Income                        +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.3%
Personal Spending                      +0.4%     Flat    +0.2%    +0.5%    +0.7%
ISM Mfg Index                 57.3      59.3     60.8     59.1     59.3     58.2
ISM Nonmfg NMI                56.8      58.8     59.5     59.9     56.0     57.3
MNI Chicago Report            57.6      57.4     61.9     65.7     67.8     65.6
Phila Fed Mfg Index           23.2      22.3     25.8     22.2     27.9     24.3
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index        27.6      30.1     31.0     19.5     29.4     25.6
Empire State Index            15.8      22.5     13.1     17.7     19.6     20.9
KC Fed Mfg Index                26        17       17       16       13       15
Richmond Fed Mfg Index          -3        15       28       14       20       30
Dallas Fed Mfg Index          21.8      22.8     38.4     34.3     30.5     20.2
Markit Mfg Index              56.5      55.6     55.3     55.5     55.1     53.9
Markit Services Index         54.6      54.0     55.9     53.3     53.7     54.5
Ind Production                         +0.5%    +1.0%    -0.2%    +0.5%    +0.5%
Capacity Util                          78.0%    77.7%    77.1%    77.3%    77.0%
Factory Orders                         +1.6%    +1.6%    -1.3%    +1.8%    +1.7%
Factory Orders ex
transport                              +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.9%    +1.1%
Durables                               +2.6%    +3.6%    -3.6%    +2.7%    +1.7%
Durables ex transport                  +0.1%    +1.0%    -0.3%    +0.8%    +0.4%
Nondurables                            +0.5%    -0.3%    +1.0%    +0.9%    +1.6%
Mfg Shipments                          +0.4%    +0.2%    +0.7%    +0.7%    +1.4%
Business Inventories                            +0.6%    +0.6%    +0.6%    +0.4%
Factory                                         +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.7%    +0.5%
Retail                              -0.4%(a)    +0.4%    +0.7%    +0.3%    +0.2%
Wholesale                           +0.5%(a)    +1.0%    +0.9%    +0.7%    +0.6%
Housing Starts (mn)                    1.319    1.295    1.339    1.207    1.299
Building Permits (mn)                  1.379    1.321    1.377    1.300    1.303
NAHB Index                      69        70       71       72       74       69
New Home Sales (k)                       694      667      644      644      711
Existing Homes (mn)                     5.60     5.54     5.38     5.56     5.72
Pending Home Sales Index               107.6    107.2    104.3    109.8    109.8
Construct Spending                     -1.7%    +1.0%    +1.7%    +1.6%    +1.2%
Private Residential                    -3.5%    +1.2%    +3.2%    +1.6%    +1.2%
Trade Balance (bn)                    -$49.0   -$57.7   -$56.7   -$53.9   -$50.9
Exports (bn)                         +$208.5  +$204.4   $200.9   $203.6   $200.2
Imports (bn)                         +$257.5  +$262.1   $257.6   $257.5   $251.1
Goods Only, BOP (bn)                  -$69.5   -$77.0   -$76.7   -$73.7   -$71.1
Leading Index                          +0.3%    +0.7%    +0.8%    +0.7%    +0.4%
                             Q1-18     Q4-17    Q3-17    Q2-17
GDP (chain-wt)               +2.3%     +2.9%    +3.2%    +3.1%
Final Sales                  +1.9%     +3.4%    +2.4%    +2.9%
Chain prices                 +2.0%     +2.3%    +2.1%    +1.0%
Current-dollar               +4.3%     +5.3%    +5.3%    +4.1%
                             Q1-18     Q4-17    Q3-17    Q2-17
Nonfarm Productivity         +0.7%     +0.3%    +2.6%    +1.7%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs     +2.7%     +2.1%    +1.0%    -1.2%
                             Q1-18     Q4-17    Q3-17    Q2-17
ECI (q/q)                    +0.8%     +0.6%    +0.7%    +0.5%
(a) advance report
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 212-800-8517; email: sara.haire@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE]

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