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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

                                 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                            223/214   233/232    226/223  234/230  226/241
wk 3                            234/220   209/229    227/225  218/227  229/238
wk 4                            221/222   211/222    218/225  217/223  234/234
wk 5                                                 242/228
Nonfarm Payrolls                  +223k     +159k      +155k    +324k    +176k
Private Payrolls                  +218k     +162k      +153k    +321k    +188k
Mfg Payroll                        +18k      +25k       +21k     +32k     +20k
Unemployment                       3.8%      3.9%       4.1%     4.1%     4.1%
Avg Wkly Hours                     34.5      34.5       34.5     34.5     34.4
Avg Hours - Mfg                    40.8      41.0       40.9     41.0     40.7
Aggr Hours Index                  +0.2%     +0.1%      +0.2%    +0.6%    -0.2%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg              -0.3%     +0.4%      -0.1%    +1.0%    -0.1%
Avg Hourly Earnings               +0.3%     +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                               +0.3%      -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.8%
non-petro import prices                     +0.1%       Flat    +0.4%    +0.6%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index            79.5      79.3       78.1     74.2     72.7
PCE Price Index M/M                         +0.2%       Flat    +0.1%    +0.4%
PCE Price Index Y/Y                         +2.0%      +2.0%    +1.7%    +1.7%
Core PCE Price Index M/M                    +0.2%      +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y                    +1.8%      +1.8%    +1.5%    +1.5%
Treasury Budget (bn)                      +$214.2    -$208.7  -$215.2   +$49.2
Consumer Credit (bn)                                  +$11.6   +$13.6   +$15.0
CB Consumer Confidence            128.0     125.6      127.0    130.0    124.3
Consumer Sentiment                 98.0      98.8      101.4     99.7     95.7
Car Sales (Ex GM), saar (mn)        3.0       3.1        3.2      3.3      3.2
Truck Sales (Ex GM), Saar (mn)      6.9       6.9        7.0      6.7      6.6
Total (Ex GM), saar (mn)            9.9      10.0       10.2     10.0      9.9
Retail Sales                                +0.2%      +0.7%    +0.1%    -0.1%
excl motor vehicles                         +0.3%      +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.1%
Personal Income                             +0.3%      +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.4%
Personal Spending                           +0.6%      +0.5%     Flat    +0.1%
ISM Mfg Index                      58.7      57.3       59.3     60.8     59.1
ISM Nonmfg NMI                     58.6      56.8       58.8     59.5     59.9
MNI Chicago Report                 62.7      57.6       57.4     61.9     65.7
Phila Fed Mfg Index                34.4      23.2       22.3     25.8     22.2
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index             45.3      27.6       30.1     31.0     19.5
Empire State Index                 20.1      15.8       22.5     13.1     17.7
KC Fed Mfg Index                     29        26         17       17       16
Richmond Fed Mfg Index               16        -3         15       28       14
Dallas Fed Mfg Index               26.8      21.8       22.8     38.4     34.3
Markit Mfg Index                   56.4      56.5       55.6     55.3     55.5
Markit Services Index              56.8      54.6       54.0     55.9     53.3
Ind Production                              +0.7%      +0.7%    +0.4%    -0.4%
Capacity Util                               78.0%      77.6%    77.1%    76.9%
Factory Orders                              -0.8%      +1.7%    +2.0%    -1.6%
Factory Orders ex transport                 +0.4%      +0.5%    +0.3%    +0.3%
Durables                                    -1.6%      +2.7%    +4.5%    -4.2%
Durables ex transport                       +0.9%      +0.5%    +1.3%    -0.9%
Nondurables                                 +0.1%      +0.6%    -0.3%    +1.0%
Mfg Shipments                                Flat      +0.7%    +0.3%    +0.7%
Business Inventories                                    Flat    +0.6%    +0.6%
Factory                                     +0.3%      +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.3%
Retail                                   +0.6%(a)   -0.7%(a)      +.6       .6
Wholesale                                Flat (a)  +0.2% (a)    +0.8%    +0.8%
Housing Starts (mn)                         1.287      1.336     1.29    1.334
Building Permits (mn)                       1.364      1.377    1.323    1.366
NAHB Index                           70        68         70       71       72
New Home Sales (k)                            662        672      659      633
Existing Homes (mn)                          5.46       5.60     5.54     5.38
Pending Home Sales Index                    106.4      107.6    107.2    104.3
Construct Spending                          +1.8%      -1.7%    +1.2%    +1.7%
Private Residential                         +4.5%      -4.1%    +1.0%    +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                               +0.4%      +0.4%    +0.7%    +0.7%
                                            Q1-18      Q4-17    Q3-17    Q2-17
GDP (chain-wt)                              +2.2%      +2.9%    +3.2%    +3.1%
Final Sales                                 +2.0%      +3.4%    +2.4%    +2.9%
Chain prices                                +1.9%      +2.3%    +2.1%    +1.0%
Current-dollar                              +4.2%      +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
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