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Indicator
Period
Source
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
April 2009
May 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
Discount rate
Weekly
x
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.5%
0.50%
0.50%
Federal funds rate
Weekly
x
0.15%
0.22%
0.18%
0.15%
0.18%
0.21%
0.16%
0.16%
0.15%
0.12%
0.12%
0.12%
Monthly retail sales, excluding motor vehicles & parts
Monthly
a
245,902,000
248,464,000
245,799,000
244,752,000
245,378,000
247,486,000
284,270,000
286,661,000
287,809,000
288,468,000
294,025,000
Consumer confidence index
Monthly
b
-
47.4
54.1
53.1
48.7
49.5
Industrial production
Monthly
d
100.1
99.4
97.7
96.9
96.2
95.8
96.6
97.8
98.5
98.6
99.4
Capacity utilization
Monthly
d
71.1
70.6
69.5
69.2%
68.5%
68.3%
69.0%
69.9%
70.5%
70.7
71.3
Inventory section of Factory orders report (in billions of $)
Monthly
e
340.7
336.8
331.6
327
323.3
318.8
314.1
308.9
304.3
304.2
303.6
Prices in manufacturing sector
Monthly
f
29%
29%
31%
32%
43.5%
50%
55%
65%
63.5%
65%
55%
Inflation - Consumer price index
Monthly
g
0%
0.2%
-0.4%
-0.7%
-1.3%
-1.4%
-2.1%
-1.5%
-1.3%
-0.2%
1.8%
2.7%
Inflation - Employment cost index
Quarterly
i
NA
NA
2.5%
NA
NA
3.3%
NA
NA
0
2.9%
NA
Auto & truck sales (in 000's of units)
Monthly
j
315.2
340.8
445.6
429.7
484.1
456.2
550.3
721.5
398.2
427.3
374.7
Housing starts
Monthly
k
488,000
574,000
521,000
479,000
551,000
590,000
589,000
598,000
590,000
529,000
580,000
557,000
New home sales
Monthly
l
329,000
354,000
332,000
345,000
371,000
400,000
426,000
429,000
405,000
430,000
355,000
Existing home sales (in millions of units)
Monthly
m
4.49
4.72
4.55
4.68
4.77
4.89
5.24
5.1
5.57
6.10
6.5
Construction spending (in billions of $)
Monthly
n
967
971
958
945.1
934.2
925.5
910.4
910.8
900.1
The jobs report
Monthly
o
7.6%
8.1%
8.5%
8.9%
9.4%
9.5%
9.4%
9.7%
9.8%
10.2%
10%
10%
Personal income (in billions of $)
Monthly
p
12038.3
11937.1
11882.7
11969.8
12146.9
12029.7
12061.1
12092.1
12112.8
12142.9
12,199.8
% change in unit labor costs from Productivity & costs report, from previous quarter
Quarterly
q
NA
NA
-4.9%
NA
NA
-6.0%
NA
NA
-5.2%
N/A
NA
Budget deficit (in millions of $)
Monthly
r
83,815
192,783
192,273
20,907
189,651
94,318
180,680
103,555
46,605
176,364
120,289
91,84
Current Account in billions of $
Quarterly
s
NA
104.5
NA
NA
NA
98.8
NA
NA
108
NA
NA
Manufacturing Export Orders in NAPM report
Monthly
c
37.5%
37.5%
39%
44%
48%
49.5%
50.5%
55.5%
55%
55.5
56
Manufacturing Import Orders in NAPM report
Monthly
c
36.5%
32%
33%
42%
42.5%
46%
50%
49.5%
52%
51
51.5
Purchasing Mangers Index
Monthly
c
35.6
35.8
36.3
40.1
42.8
44.8
48.9
52.9
52.6%
55.7
53.6
Inflation - Producer price index
Monthly
h
-0.9%
-1.4%
-3.4%
-3.5%
-5.0%
-4.6%
-6.8%
-4.3%
-4.8%
-1.9%
2.4%
4.4%
x:
U.S
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 from
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data.htm
a: Advance Monthly Retail Report
released by U.S. Census Beureau at
http://www.census.gov/retail/
b: Conference board at
http://www.conference-board.org
c:NAPM
report from
http://www.ism.ws/About/MediaRoom/newsreleaselist.cfm?navItemNumber=5450
d: Federal Reserve Statistical
Release at http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/G17/releases_2009.htm
e: U.S.
Census Beureau at
http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3/
f: NAPM
report from
http://www.ism.ws/About/MediaRoom/newsreleaselist.cfm?navItemNumber=5450
g: U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
h: U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov/ppi/
i:
U.S.
Department of Labor at http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/#tables
j: U.S.
Department of Commerce Department of Economic Analysis at
http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/NIPA_Underlying/TableView.asp?SelectedTable=55&FirstYear=2009&LastYear=2009&Freq=Month&ViewSeries=N
k: U.S.
Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
l: U.S.
Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
m: National Association of
Realtors at http://www.realtor.org/research/research/ehsdata
n: U.S.
Census Bureau at http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
o: U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
p: U.S.
Department of Commerce Department of Economic Analysis at
http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/national/pi/pinewsrelease.htm
q: Bureau of Labor Statistics at
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm
r: Monthly Treasury Statement
from the Department of Treasury at http://www.fms.treas.gov/mts/index.php
s: Bureau of Economic Anlysis at http://www.bea.gov/newsreleases/rels.htm
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