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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Sep 10/17:06 EST Sep 10
                     Aug-18           Jul-18   Jun-18   May-18   Apr-18   Mar-18
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                214/214          215/223  222/226  211/216  233/230  230/225
wk 2                212/216          208/221  221/225  223/214  233/232  226/223
wk 3                210/214          217/218  218/221  234/220  209/229  227/225
wk 4                213/212          219/214  228/222  223/223  211/222  218/225
wk 5                203/209                   232/225                    242/228
Nonfarm Payrolls      +201k            +147k    +208k    +244k    +175k    +155k
Private Payrolls      +204k            +153k    +208k    +239k    +174k    +153k
Mfg Payroll             -3k             +18k     +21k     +19k     +28k     +21k
Unemployment           3.9%             3.9%     4.0%     3.8%     3.9%     4.1%
Avg Wkly Hours         34.5             34.5     34.6     34.5     34.5     34.5
Avg Hours - Mfg        41.0             41.0     41.0     40.8     41.0     40.9
Aggr Hours Index      +0.2%            -0.2%    +0.5%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Aggr Hrs Index -
Mfg                    Flat            +0.1%    +0.4%    -0.1%    +0.5%    -0.1%
Avg Hourly
Earnings              +0.4%            +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.2%
Final Demand PPI                        Flat    +0.3%    +0.5%    +0.1%    +0.3%
                                Transit from
excl food & energy           payrolls lockup    +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.3%
excl food, energy,
trade                                  +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.4%
CPI                                    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.2%    -0.1%
excl food & energy                     +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Import Prices                                   -0.4%    +0.6%    +0.6%    -0.2%
non-petro import
prices                                          -0.3%    +0.1%    +0.1%     Flat
ISM Mfg Prices Pd
Index                                   73.2     76.8     79.5     79.3     78.1
PCE Price Index
M/M                                    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.1%
PCE Price Index
Y/Y                                    +2.3%    +2.2%    +2.2%    +2.0%    +2.1%
Core PCE Price
Index M/M                              +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.2%
Core PCE Price
Index Y/Y                              +2.0%    +1.9%    +2.0%    +1.9%    +2.0%
Treasury Budget
(bn)                                  -$76.9   -$74.9  -$146.8  +$214.3  -$208.7
Consumer Credit
(bn)                                  +$16.6    +$8.7   +$21.9    +$8.6    +$8.3
CB Consumer
Confidence            133.4            127.9    126.4    128.8    125.6    127.0
Consumer Sentiment     96.2             97.6     98.2     98.0     98.8    101.4
Car Sales (Ex GM),
saar (mn)                                3.0      3.1      3.0      3.1      3.2
Truck Sales (Ex
GM), Saar (mn)                           6.9      7.2      6.9      6.9      7.0
Total (Ex GM),
saar (mn)                                9.9     10.3      9.9     10.0     10.2
Retail Sales                           +0.5%    +0.2%    +0.8%    +0.4%    +0.7%
excl motor
vehicles                               +0.6%    +0.2%    +0.9%    +0.4%    +0.4%
Personal Income                        +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.3%    +0.4%
Personal Spending                      +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.5%    +0.5%    +0.6%
ISM Mfg Index          61.3             58.1     60.2     58.7     57.3     59.3
ISM Nonmfg NMI                          55.7     59.1     58.6     56.8     58.8
MNI Chicago Report     63.6             65.5     64.1     62.7     57.6     57.4
Phila Fed Mfg
Index                  11.9             25.7     19.9     34.4     23.2     22.3
Phila Fed Nonmfg
Index                  41.7             44.3     39.1     45.3     27.6     30.1
Empire State Index     25.6             22.6     25.0     20.1     15.8     22.5
KC Fed Mfg Index         14               23       28       29       26       17
Richmond Fed Mfg
Index                    24               20       21       16       -3       15
Dallas Fed Mfg
Index                  30.9             32.3     36.5     26.8     21.8     22.8
Markit Mfg Index       54.5             55.3     55.4     56.4     56.5     55.6
Markit Services
Index                  55.2             56.0     56.5     56.8     54.6     54.0
Ind Production                         +0.1%    +0.6%    -0.5%    +1.1%    +0.5%
Capacity Util                          78.1%      78%    77.7%    78.2%    77.5%
Factory Orders                         -0.8%    +0.6%    +0.4%    -0.4%    +1.7%
Factory Orders ex
transport                              +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.8%    +0.9%    +0.5%
Durables                               -1.7%    +0.9%    -0.3%    -1.0%    +2.7%
Durables ex
transport                              +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.3%    +1.9%    +0.5%
Nondurables                            +0.2%    +0.4%    +1.1%    +0.3%    +0.6%
Mfg Shipments                           Flat    +1.0%    +0.6%    +0.1%    +0.7%
Business
Inventories                                     +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.3%    -0.1%
Factory                                +0.8%    +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.2%
Retail                             +0.4% (a)    +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.4%    -0.7%
Wholesale                          +0.7% (a)    +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Housing Starts
(mn)                                   1.168    1.158    1.329    1.276    1.327
Building Permits
(mn)                                   1.303    1.292    1.301    1.364    1.377
NAHB Index                                68       68       70       68       70
New Home Sales (k)                       627      638      654      633      672
Existing Homes
(mn)                                    5.34     5.38     5.41     5.45     5.60
Pending Home Sales
Index                                  106.2    106.9    105.9    106.4    107.6
Construct Spending                     +0.1%    -0.8%    +0.7%    +1.7%    -0.9%
Private
Residential                            +0.6%    -0.9%    -0.3%     3.1%    -2.4%
Trade Balance (bn)                    -$50.1   -$45.7   -$42.6   -$45.5   -$46.7
Exports (bn)                         +$211.1  +$213.2  +$214.7  +$210.5  +$210.0
Imports (bn)                         +$261.2  +$258.9  +$257.2  +$256.0  +$256.7
Goods Only, BOP
(bn)                                  -$73.1   -$68.9   -$65.8   -$68.4   -$69.4
Leading Index                          +0.6%    +0.5%    +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.4%
                                                         Q2-18    Q1-18    Q4-17
GDP (chain-wt)                                           +4.2%    +2.2%    +2.3%
Final Sales                                              +5.3%    +1.9%    +3.2%
Chain prices                                             +3.0%    +2.0%    +2.5%
Current-dollar                                           +7.6%    +4.3%    +5.1%
                                                         Q2-18    Q1-18    Q4-17
Nonfarm
Productivity                                             +2.9%    +0.3%    -0.3%
Nonfarm Unit Labor
Costs                                                    -1.0%    +3.4%    +2.3%
                                                         Q2-18    Q1-18    Q4-17
ECI (q/q)                                                +0.6%    +0.8%    +0.6%
(a) advance report
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com
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