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Monthly Indicators for the United States

Description

Sep 08 Aug 08 Sep 07

Percent Changes

Sep 08/
Aug 08
Sep 08/
Sep 07
Employment (thous.)
  Total 137,318 137,477 137,837 -0.1 -0.4
  Manufacturing 13,380 13,431 13,822 -0.4 -3.2
Unemployment Rate (pct.) 6.1 6.1 4.7 --- ---
Retail Sales ($ bill.) --- 342.5 342.4 --- ---
Money Supply ($ bill.)
  M1 --- 1394.0 1366.4 --- ---
  M2 --- 7669.8 7313.9 --- ---
Price Indexes (1982=100)
  Consumer Price Index --- 218.9 208.3 --- ---
  Producer Price Index          
    (Finished Goods) --- 182.4 167.1 --- ---
Income and Savings($ bill.)
  Personal Income --- 12,267 11,786 --- ---
  Saving --- 103.6 38.5 --- ---
  Savings rate(pct.) --- 1.0 0.4 --- ---
  Real Pers.Income --- 8,702 8,714 --- ---
Housing Starts (thous. of units)
  Total --- 895 1,185 --- ---
  Single Family --- 630 936 --- ---
Industrial Production Indexes (1997=100)
  Total --- 110.3 112.3 --- ---
  Manufacturing --- 111.4 114.0 --- ---
    Food --- 111.8 111.7 --- ---
    Motor Vehicles --- 78.7 96.6 --- ---
    Primary Metals --- 111.6 109.2 --- ---
    Machinery --- 112.7 118.0 --- ---
  Coal Production --- --- 105.0 --- ---
  Nonmetallic Minerals --- 104.1 110.2 --- ---
  Oil and Gas Extraction --- 98.0 94.2 --- ---
Capacity Utilization (pct.) --- 78.7 81.3 --- ---
Durable Good Orders ($ bill.) --- 208.5 215.3 --- ---
Consumer Confidence Index
  (1985=100) 59.8 58.5 99.5 2.2 -39.9
Motor Vehicle Sales (thous. of units, NSA)
  Total 962.5 1246.8 1310.4 -22.8 -26.5
    Cars 481.1 631.0 612.7 -23.8 -21.5
    Trucks 481.4 615.8 697.7 -21.8 -31.0

Note: All figures are seasonally adjusted.