Monthly Indicators for the United States

Description			Oct 08	Sep 08	Oct 07	Percent Changes
Description			Oct 08	Sep 08	Oct 07	Oct 08/ Sep 08	Oct 08/ Oct 07
Employment (thous.)
	Total		136,899	137,139	137,977	-0.2	-0.8
	Manufacturing		13,280	13,370	13,797	-0.7	-3.7
Unemployment Rate (pct.)			6.5	6.1	4.8	---	---
Retail Sales ($ bill.)			320.7	320.1	342.3	0.2	-6.3
Money Supply ($ bill.)
	M1		1473.1	1453.8	1369.5	1.3	7.6
	M2		7878.9	7769.1	7338.3	1.4	7.4
Price Indexes (1982=100)
	Consumer Price Index		216.7	218.8	209.1	-1.0	3.7
	Producer Price Index
		(Finished Goods)	176.4	181.4	168.0	-2.8	5.0
Income and Savings($ bill.)
	Personal Income		12,215	12,172	11,831	0.3	3.2
	Saving		260.9	110.8	46.2	135.5	464.7
	Savings rate(pct.)		2.4	1.0	0.4	---	---
	Real Pers.Income		8,734	8,648	8,722	1.0	0.1
Housing Starts (thous. of units)
	Total		791	817	1,275	-3.2	-38.0
	Single Family		531	544	884	-2.4	-39.9
Industrial Production Indexes (1997=100)
	Total		107.3	105.9	111.8	1.3	-4.1
	Manufacturing		107.5	106.9	113.5	0.6	-5.3
		Food	112.7	111.8	111.2	0.8	1.4
		Motor Vehicles	77.6	80.4	95.1	-3.5	-18.4
		Primary Metals	99.4	104.4	110.0	-4.8	-9.6
		Machinery	108.4	110.3	116.4	-1.7	-6.8
	Coal Production		---	106.6	104.4	---	---
	Nonmetallic Minerals		101.3	101.8	108.9	-0.5	-7.0
	Oil and Gas Extraction		94.4	86.6	95.5	9.0	-1.1
Capacity Utilization (pct.)			76.4	75.5	80.9	1.2	-5.5
Durable Good Orders ($ bill.)			193.0	205.7	214.3	-6.2	-9.9
Consumer Confidence Index
	(1985=100)		38.0	61.4	95.2	-38.1	-60.1
Motor Vehicle Sales (thous. of units, NSA)
	Total		834.7	962.4	1226.6	-13.3	-32.0
		Cars	429.8	481.1	561.2	-10.7	-23.4
		Trucks	404.9	481.3	665.4	-15.9	-39.1