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US: Recap of Economic Indicators

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Apr 13/17:06 EST Apr 13
                            Apr-18   Mar-18    Feb-18   Jan-18   Dec-17   Nov-17
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UI Claims/4wk avg
wk 1                       233/230  230/225   223/228  247/245  235/241  237/234
wk 2                                226/223   234/230  226/241  229/236  250/239
wk 3                                227/225   218/227  229/238  242/236  239/240
wk 4                                218/225   217/223  234/234  242/237  239/241
wk 5                                242/228                     248/240
Nonfarm Payrolls                      +103K     +326k    +176k    +175k    +216k
Private Payrolls                      +102k     +320k    +188k    +174k    +217k
Mfg Payroll                            +22k      +32k     +20k     +39k     +30k
Unemployment                           4.1%      4.1%     4.1%     4.1%     4.1%
Avg Wkly Hours                         34.5      34.5     34.4     34.5     34.5
Avg Hours - Mfg                        40.9      41.0     40.7     40.8     40.9
Aggr Hours Index                      +0.1%     +0.6%    -0.2%    +0.2%    +0.5%
Aggr Hrs Index - Mfg                  -0.1%     +1.0%    -0.1%    +0.1%    +0.2%
Avg Hourly Earnings                   +0.3%     +0.1%    +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.3%
Final Demand PPI                      +0.3%     +0.2%    +0.4%     Flat    +0.4%
excl food & energy                    +0.3%     +0.2%    +0.4%    -0.1%    +0.2%
excl food, energy, trade              +0.4%     +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.3%
CPI                                    -01%     +0.2%    +0.5%    +0.2%    +0.3%
excl food & energy                    +0.2%     +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Import Prices                          Flat     +0.3%    +0.8%    +0.2%    +1.0%
non-petro import prices               +0.1%     +0.4%    +0.6%    -0.1%    +0.2%
ISM Mfg Prices Pd Index                78.1      74.2     72.7     69.0     65.5
PCE Price Index M/M                             +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.1%    +0.2%
PCE Price Index Y/Y                             +1.8%    +1.7%    +1.7%    +1.7%
Core PCE Price Index M/M                        +0.2%    +0.3%    +0.2%    +0.1%
Core PCE Price Index Y/Y                        +1.6%    +1.5%    +1.5%    +1.5%
Treasury Budget (bn)                -$208.7   -$215.2   +$49.2   -$23.2  -$138.5
Consumer Credit (bn)                           +$10.6   +$15.6   +$19.0   +$32.6
CB Consumer Confidence                127.7     130.0    124.3    123.1    128.6
Consumer Sentiment         97.8(a)    101.4      99.7     95.7     95.9     98.5
Car Sales, saar (mn)                    3.8       3.9      3.8      4.1      4.3
Truck Sales, saar (mn)                  9.6       8.9      9.0      9.5      9.0
Total, saar (mn)                       13.4      12.8     12.8     13.6     13.3
Retail Sales                                    -0.1%    -0.1%    -0.1%    +0.8%
excl motor vehicles                             +0.2%    +0.1%     Flat    +1.2%
Personal Income                                 +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.4%    +0.3%
Personal Spending                               +0.2%    +0.2%    +0.4%    +0.7%
ISM Mfg Index                          59.3      60.8     59.1     59.3     58.2
ISM Nonmfg NMI                         58.8      59.5     59.9     56.0     57.3
MNI Chicago Report                     57.4      61.9     65.7     67.8     65.6
Phila Fed Mfg Index                    22.3      25.8     22.2     27.9     24.3
Phila Fed Nonmfg Index                 30.1      31.0     19.5     29.4     25.6
Empire State Index                     22.5      13.1     17.7     19.6     20.9
KC Fed Mfg Index                         17        17       16       13       15
Richmond Fed Mfg Index                   15        28       14       20       30
Dallas Fed Mfg Index                   21.4      37.2     33.4     29.7     19.4
Markit Mfg Index                       55.6      55.3     55.5     55.1     53.9
Markit Services Index                  54.0      55.9     53.3     53.7     54.5
Ind Production                                  +0.9%    -0.2%    +0.4%    +0.5%
Capacity Util                                   77.7%    77.0%    77.3%    77.0%
Factory Orders                                  +1.2%    -1.3%    +1.8%    +1.7%
Factory Orders ex
transport                                       +0.1%    +0.4%    +0.9%    +1.1%
Durables                                        +3.0%    -3.6%    +2.7%    +1.7%
Durables ex transport                           +1.0%    -0.3%    +0.8%    +0.4%
Nondurables                                     -0.5%    +1.0%    +0.9%    +1.6%
Mfg Shipments                                   +0.2%    +0.7%    +0.7%    +1.4%
Business Inventories                                     +0.6%    +0.6%    +0.4%
Factory                                         +0.3%    +0.4%    +0.7%    +0.5%
Retail                                       +0.4%(a)    +0.7%    +0.3%    +0.2%
Wholesale                                       +1.0%    +0.9%    +0.7%    +0.6%
Housing Starts (mn)                             1.236    1.329    1.207    1.299
Building Permits (mn)                           1.321    1.377    1.300    1.303
NAHB Index                               70        71       72       74       69
New Home Sales (k)                                618      622      653      711
Existing Homes (mn)                              5.54     5.38     5.56     5.72
Pending Home Sales Index                        107.5    104.3    109.8    109.8
Construct Spending                              +0.1%     Flat    +1.6%    +1.2%
Private Residential                             +0.1%    +0.1%    +1.6%    +1.2%
Trade Balance (bn)                             -$57.6   -$56.7   -$53.9   -$50.9
Exports (bn)                                  +$204.4   $200.9   $203.6   $200.2
Imports (bn)                                  +$262.0   $257.6   $257.5   $251.1
Goods Only, BOP (bn)                           -$77.0   -$76.7   -$73.7   -$71.1
Leading Index                                   +0.6%    +0.8%    +0.7%    +0.4%
                                      Q4-17              Q3-17             Q2-17
GDP (chain-wt)                        +2.9%              +3.2%             +3.1%
Final Sales                           +3.4%              +2.4%             +2.9%
Chain prices                          +2.3%              +2.1%             +1.0%
Current-dollar                        +5.3%              +5.3%             +4.1%
                                      Q4-17              Q3-17             Q2-17
Nonfarm Productivity                   Flat              +2.7%             +1.5%
Nonfarm Unit Labor Costs              +2.5%              -0.1%             +0.3%
                                      Q4-17              Q3-17             Q2-17
ECI (q/q)                             +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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