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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

                            Nov-17   Oct-17    Sep-17   Aug-17   Jul-17   Jun-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                       239/231  244/258   298/250  244/241  250/244  245/242
wk 2                                223/249   281/263  232/241  248/246  238/243
wk 3                                234/240   260/269  235/238  234/244  242/245
wk 4                                229/233   269/277  236/237  245/244  244/242
wk 5                                          258/267           241/242
Nonfarm Payrolls                       +261      +18k    +208k    +138k    +210k
Private Payrolls                      +252k      +15k    +184k    +133k    +207k
Mfg Payroll                            +24k       +6k     +44k     -11k     +21k
Unemployment                           4.1%      4.2%     4.4%     4.3%     4.4%
Avg Wkly Hours                         34.4      34.4     34.4     34.4     34.5
Avg Hours - Mfg                        41.0      40.8     40.8     40.9     40.8
Aggr Hours Index                      +0.2%      Flat    +0.2%    -0.2%    +0.5%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg                  +0.8%      Flat    +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.3%
Avg Hourly Earnings                    Flat     +0.5%    +0.2%    +0.5%    +0.2%
Final Demand PPI                                +0.4%    +0.2%    -0.1%    +0.1%
excl food & energy                              +0.4%    +0.1%    -0.1%    +0.1%
excl food, energy, trade                        +0.2%    +0.2%     Flat    +0.2%
CPI                                             +0.5%    +0.4%    +0.1%     Flat
excl food & energy                              +0.1%    +0.2%    +0.1%    +0.1%
Import Prices                                   +0.7%    +0.6%    -0.1%    -0.2%
non-petro import prices                         +0.3%    +0.3%    -0.1%    +0.1%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index                68.5      71.5     62.0     62.0     55.0
Core PCE Price Index                            +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%    +0.1%
Treasury Budget (bn)                           +$8.00  -$107.7   -$42.9   -$90.2
Consumer Credit (bn)                           +$20.8   +$13.1   +$17.8   +$11.5
CB Consumer Confidence                125.9     120.6    120.4    120.0    117.3
Consumer Sentiment            97.8    100.7      95.1     96.8     93.4     95.1
Car Sales, saar (mn)                    4.4       4.6      4.0      4.2      4.0
Truck Sales, saar (mn)                  9.4       9.6      8.3      8.7      8.8
Total, saar (mn)                       13.8      14.2     12.3     12.9     12.8
Retail Sales                                    +1.6%    -0.1%    +0.5%    -0.1%
excl motor vehicles                             +1.0%    +0.5%    +0.5%    -0.2%
Personal Income                                 +0.4%    +0.2%    +0.3%     Flat
Personal Spending                               +1.0%    +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.1%
ISM Mfg Index                          58.7      60.8     58.8     56.3     57.8
ISM Nonmfg NMI                         60.1      59.8     55.3     53.9     57.4
MNI Chicago Report                     66.2      65.2     58.9     58.9     65.7
Phila Fed Mfg Index                    27.9      23.8     18.9     19.5     27.6
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index                 32.2      33.2     31.8     23.4     33.6
Empire State Index                     30.2      24.4     25.2      9.8     19.8
Markit Mfg Index                       54.6      53.1     52.8     53.3     52.0
Markit Services Index                  55.3      55.3     56.0     54.6     54.2
Ind Production                                  +0.3%    -0.7%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Capacity Util                                   76.0%    75.8%    76.5%    76.6%
Factory Orders                                  +1.4%    +1.2%    -3.3%    +3.2%
Factory Orders ex
transport                                       +0.7%    +0.6%    +0.5%    +0.1%
Durables                                        +2.0%    +2.1%    -6.8%    +6.4%
Durables ex transport                           +0.7%    +0.8%     +0.8     Flat
Nondurables                                     +0.8%    +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.2%
Mfg Shipments                                   +0.8%    +0.6%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Business Inventories                                     +0.7%    +0.3%    +0.5%
Factory                                         +0.7%    +0.6%    +0.4%     +0.3
Retail                                       -1.0%(a)    +0.7%     Flat    +0.6%
Wholesale                                       +0.3%    +0.8%     +0.6    +0.6%
Housing Starts (mn)                             1.127    1.183    1.185    1.217
Building Permits (mn)                           1.225    1.272    1.230    1.275
NAHB Index                               68        64       67       64       66
New Home Sales (k)                                667      561      582      614
Existing Homes (mn)                              5.39     5.35     5.44     5.51
Pending Home Sales Index                        106.0    106.0    109.1    110.0
Construct Spending                              +0.3%    +0.1%    -0.9%    -0.8%
Private Residential                             -0.4%    -0.1%    -0.4%    +1.2%
Trade Balance (bn)                             -$43.5   -$42.8   -$43.6   -$43.5
Exports (bn)                                   $196.8   $194.7   $194.5   $194.9
Imports (bn)                                   $240.3   $237.5   $238.1   $238.5
Goods Only, BOP (bn)                           -$65.4   -$64.8   -$65.3   -$65.4
Leading Index                                   -0.2%    +0.4%    +0.3%    +0.6%
                                                Q3-17             Q2-17
GDP (chain-wt)                                  +3.0%             +3.1%
Final Sales                                     +2.3%             +2.9%
Chain prices                                    +2.2%             +1.0%
Current-dollar                                  +5.2%             +4.1%
                                                Q3-17             Q2-17
Nonfarm Productivity                            +3.0%             +1.5%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs                        +0.5%             +0.3%
                                                Q3-17             Q2-17
ECI (q/q)                                       +0.7%             +0.5%
(a) advance report
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 212-800-8517; email: sara.haire@marketnews.com
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