Monthly Indicators for the United States

Description			Apr 13	Mar 13	Apr 12	Percent Changes
Description			Apr 13	Mar 13	Apr 12	Apr 13/ Mar 13	Apr 13/ Apr 12
Employment (thous.)
	Total		135,474	135,309	133,397	0.1	1.6
	Manufacturing		11,990	11,990	11,920	0.0	0.6
Unemployment Rate (pct.)			7.5	7.6	8.1	---	---
Retail Sales ($ bill.)			370.1	379.1	360.2	-2.4	2.8
Money Supply ($ bill.)
	M1		---	---	2255.1	---	---
	M2		---	---	9861.5	---	---
Price Indexes (1982=100)
	Consumer Price Index		---	---	229.0	---	---
	Producer Price Index
		(Finished Goods)	194.7	196.0	193.7	-0.7	0.5
Income and Savings($ bill.)
	Personal Income		---	13,630	13,303	---	---
	Saving		---	329.1	417.7	---	---
	Savings rate(pct.)		---	2.7	3.5	---	---
	Real Pers.Income		---	10,349	10,242	---	---
Housing Starts (thous. of units)
	Total		853	1,021	754	-16.5	13.1
	Single Family		610	623	505	-2.1	20.8
Industrial Production Indexes (1997=100)
	Total		98.7	99.3	96.9	-0.5	1.9
	Manufacturing		95.2	95.6	93.9	-0.4	1.3
		Food	103.5	103.0	101.5	0.5	1.9
		Motor Vehicles	104.7	106.0	99.5	-1.3	5.2
		Primary Metals	97.4	98.2	101.6	-0.8	-4.1
		Machinery	103.3	103.6	103.4	-0.4	-0.1
	Coal Production		81.0	84.8	83.0	-4.5	-2.4
	Nonmetallic Minerals		72.2	73.4	71.5	-1.7	1.0
	Oil and Gas Extraction		135.2	132.7	124.2	1.9	8.8
Capacity Utilization (pct.)			77.8	78.3	77.7	-0.7	0.0
Durable Good Orders ($ bill.)			---	216.3	214.7	---	---
Consumer Confidence Index
	(1985=100)		68.1	61.9	68.7	10.0	-0.9
Light Motor Vehicle Sales (thous. of units, NSA)
	Total		1280.3	1448.0	1181.2	-11.6	8.4
		Cars	646.1	747.8	628.1	-13.6	2.9
		Trucks	634.2	700.2	553.1	-9.4	14.7