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Free AccessUS: Recap of Economic Indicators
Nov-18 Oct-18 Sep-18 Aug-18 Jul-18 Jun-18
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1 216/215 215/210 204/208 214/214 215/223 222/226
wk 2 210/212 202/206 212/216 208/221 221/225
wk 3 216/212 215/206 210/214 217/218 218/221
wk 4 215/214 207/207 213/212 219/214 228/222
wk 5 214/214 205/210 232/225
Nonfarm Payrolls +250k +118k +286k +165k +208k
Private Payrolls +246k +121k +267k +137k +192k
Mfg Payroll +32k +18k +11k +22k +21k
Unemployment 3.7% 3.7% 3.9% 3.9% 4.0%
Avg Wkly Hours 35.5 34.4 34.5 34.5 34.6
Avg Hours - Mfg 40.8 40.9 40.9 41.0 41.0
Aggr Hours Index +0.5% -0.3% +0.3% -0.2% +0.5%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg Flat +0.1% -0.2% +0.2% +0.4%
Avg Hourly Earnings +0.2 +0.3% +0.3% +0.3% +0.2%
Final Demand PPI +0.6% +0.2% -0.1% Flat +0.3%
excl food & energy +0.5% +0.2% -0.1% +0.1% +0.3%
excl food, energy, trade +0.2% +0.4% +0.1% +0.3% +0.3%
CPI +0.3% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2% +0.1%
excl food & energy +0.2% +0.1% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2%
Import Prices +0.5% +0.2% -0.4% -0.1% Flat
non-petro import prices +0.2% Flat -0.2% -0.2% -0.3%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index 66.9 72.1 73.2 76.8
PCE Price Index M/M +0.1% +0.1% +0.1% +0.1%
PCE Price Index Y/Y +2.0% +2.2% +2.3% +2.3%
Core PCE Price Index M/M +0.2% Flat +0.2% +0.1%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y +2.0% +2.0% +2.0% +2.0%
Treasury Budget (bn) -$100.5 +$119.1 -$214.1 -$76.9 -$74.9
Consumer Credit (bn) +$20.1 +$16.6 +$8.7
CB Consumer Confidence 137.9 135.3 134.7 127.9 126.4
Consumer Sentiment 98.6 100.1 96.2 97.6 98.2
Car Sales (Ex GM), saar
(mn) 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1
Truck Sales (Ex GM), Saar
(mn) 6.9 7.2 7.1 6.9 7.2
Total (Ex GM), saar (mn) 10.1 10.2 9.9 9.9 10.3
Retail Sales +0.8% -0.1% -0.1% +0.6% +0.2%
excl motor vehicles +0.7% -0.1% +0.1% +0.8% +0.3%
Personal Income +0.3% +0.3% +0.4%
Personal Spending +0.3% +0.4% +0.4%
ISM Mfg Index 57.7 59.8 61.3 58.1 60.2
ISM Nonmfg NMI 60.3 61.6 58.5 55.7 59.1
MNI Chicago Report 58.4 60.4 63.6 65.5 64.1
Phila Fed Mfg Index 22.2 22.9 11.9 25.7 19.9
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index 37.6 37.4 41.7 44.3 39.1
Empire State Index 21.1 19.0 25.6 22.6 25.0
KC Fed Mfg Index 8 13 14 23 28
Richmond Fed Mfg Index 15 29 24 20 21
Dallas Fed Mfg Index 29.4 28.1 30.9 32.3 36.5
Markit Mfg Index 55.7 55.6 54.7 55.3 55.4
Markit Services Index 54.8 53.5 54.8 56.0 56.5
Ind Production +0.3% +0.4% +0.3% +0.6%
Capacity Util 78.1% 78.1% 77.9% 77.8%
Factory Orders +0.7% +2.6% -0.5% +0.6%
Factory Orders ex
transport +0.4% +0.4% +0.1% +0.4%
Durables +0.8% +4.6% -1.2% +0.9%
Durables ex transport +0.1% +0.3% +0.2% +0.3%
Nondurables +0.6% +0.6% +0.1% +0.4%
Mfg Shipments +0.9% +0.7% Flat +1.0%
Business Inventories +0.3% +0.5% +0.7% +0.1%
Factory +0.5% +0.1% +0.8% +0.2%
Retail +0.1% +0.6% +0.6% -0.1%
Wholesale +0.4% +0.9% +0.6% +0.1%
Housing Starts (mn) 1.201 1.268 1.184 1.177
Building Permits (mn) 1.270 1.249 1.303 1.292
NAHB Index 68 67 68 68
New Home Sales (k) 553 585 603 618
Existing Homes (mn) 5.15 5.33 5.34 5.38
Pending Home Sales Index 104.6 104.1 106.1 107.0
Construct Spending Flat +0.8% +0.2% -0.7%
Private Residential +0.6% -0.4% +0.7% -0.7%
Trade Balance (bn) -$54.0 -$53.3 -$50.0 -$45.7
Exports (bn) +$212.6 +$209.4 +$211.1 +$213.2
Imports (bn) +$266.6 +$262.7 +$261.2 +$258.9
Goods Only, BOP (bn) -$77.2 -$76.6 -$73.2 -$68.9
Leading Index +0.5% +0.4% +0.7% +0.5%
Q3-18
GDP (chain-wt) +3.5%
Final Sales +1.4%
Chain prices +1.7%
Current-dollar +4.9%
Q3-18
Nonfarm Productivity +2.2%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs +1.2%
Q3-18
ECI (q/q) +0.8%
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