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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT May 10/17:06 EST May 10
                                 May-18   Apr-18    Mar-18   Feb-18   Jan-18
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                            211/216  233/230   230/225  223/228  247/245
wk 2                                     233/232   226/223  234/230  226/241
wk 3                                     209/229   227/225  218/227  229/238
wk 4                                     211/222   218/225  217/223  234/234
wk 5                                               242/228
Nonfarm Payrolls                           +164k     +135k    +324k    +176k
Private Payrolls                           +168k     +135k    +321k    +188k
Mfg Payroll                                 +24k      +22k     +32k     +20k
Unemployment                                3.9%      4.1%     4.1%     4.1%
Avg Wkly Hours                              34.5      34.5     34.5     34.4
Avg Hours - Mfg                             41.1      40.9     41.0     40.7
Aggr Hours Index                           +0.1%     +0.2%    +0.6%    -0.2%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg                       +0.8%     -0.1%    +1.0%    -0.1%
Avg Hourly Earnings                        +0.1%     +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.3%
Final Demand PPI                           +0.1%     +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.4%
excl food & energy                         +0.2%     +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.4%
excl food, energy, trade                   +0.1%     +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%
CPI                                        +0.2%     -0.1%    +0.2%    +0.5%
excl food & energy                         +0.1%     +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Import Prices                                         Flat    +0.3%    +0.8%
non-petro import prices                              +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.6%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index                     79.3      78.1     74.2     72.7
PCE Price Index M/M                                   Flat    +0.2%    +0.4%
PCE Price Index Y/Y                                  +2.0%    +1.7%    +1.7%
Core PCE Price Index M/M                             +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y                             +1.9%    +1.6%    +1.5%
Treasury Budget (bn)                               -$208.7  -$215.2   +$49.2
Consumer Credit (bn)                                +$11.6   +$13.6   +$15.0
CB Consumer Confidence                     128.7     127.0    130.0    124.3
Consumer Sentiment                          98.8     101.4     99.7     95.7
Car Sales (Ex GM), saar (mn)                 3.1       3.2      3.3      3.2
Truck Sales (Ex GM), Saar (mn)               6.9       7.0      6.7      6.6
Total (Ex GM), saar (mn)                    10.0      10.2     10.0      9.9
Retail Sales                                         +0.6%    -0.1%    -0.2%
excl motor vehicles                                  +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Personal Income                                      +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.4%
Personal Spending                                    +0.4%     Flat    +0.2%
ISM Mfg Index                               57.3      59.3     60.8     59.1
ISM Nonmfg NMI                              56.8      58.8     59.5     59.9
MNI Chicago Report                          57.6      57.4     61.9     65.7
Phila Fed Mfg Index                         23.2      22.3     25.8     22.2
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index                      27.6      30.1     31.0     19.5
Empire State Index                          15.8      22.5     13.1     17.7
KC Fed Mfg Index                              26        17       17       16
Richmond Fed Mfg Index                        -3        15       28       14
Dallas Fed Mfg Index                        21.8      22.8     38.4     34.3
Markit Mfg Index                            56.5      55.6     55.3     55.5
Markit Services Index                       54.6      54.0     55.9     53.3
Ind Production                                       +0.5%    +1.0%    -0.2%
Capacity Util                                        78.0%    77.7%    77.1%
Factory Orders                                       +1.6%    +1.6%    -1.3%
Factory Orders ex transport                          +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.4%
Durables                                             +2.6%    +3.6%    -3.6%
Durables ex transport                                +0.1%    +1.0%    -0.3%
Nondurables                                          +0.5%    -0.3%    +1.0%
Mfg Shipments                                        +0.4%    +0.2%    +0.7%
Business Inventories                                          +0.6%    +0.6%
Factory                                              +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.4%
Retail                                            -0.4%(a)    +0.4%    +0.7%
Wholesale                                            +0.3%    +0.9%    +0.9%
Housing Starts (mn)                                  1.319    1.295    1.339
Building Permits (mn)                                1.379    1.321    1.377
NAHB Index                                    69        70       71       72
New Home Sales (k)                                     694      667      644
Existing Homes (mn)                                   5.60     5.54     5.38
Pending Home Sales Index                             107.6    107.2    104.3
Construct Spending                                   -1.7%    +1.0%    +1.7%
Private Residential                                  -3.5%    +1.2%    +3.2%
Trade Balance (bn)                                  -$49.0   -$57.7   -$56.7
Exports (bn)                                       +$208.5  +$204.4   $200.9
Imports (bn)                                       +$257.5  +$262.1   $257.6
Goods Only, BOP (bn)                                -$69.5   -$77.0   -$76.7
Leading Index                                        +0.3%    +0.7%    +0.8%
                                           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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