Monthly Indicators for the United States

Description			Apr 12	Mar 12	Apr 11	Percent Changes
Description			Apr 12	Mar 12	Apr 11	Apr 12/ Mar 12	Apr 12/ Apr 11
Employment (thous.)
	Total		132,989	132,874	131,173	0.1	1.4
	Manufacturing		11,947	11,931	11,718	0.1	2.0
Unemployment Rate (pct.)			8.1	8.2	9.0	---	---
Retail Sales ($ bill.)			364.2	363.7	347.3	0.1	4.9
Money Supply ($ bill.)
	M1		---	2220.6	1903.7	---	---
	M2		---	9798.7	8967.6	---	---
Price Indexes (1982=100)
	Consumer Price Index		---	229.1	224.0	---	---
	Producer Price Index
		(Finished Goods)	193.7	194.1	190.0	-0.2	1.9
Income and Savings($ bill.)
	Personal Income		---	13,328	12,939	---	---
	Saving		---	450.4	552.8	---	---
	Savings rate(pct.)		---	3.8	4.8	---	---
	Real Pers.Income		---	10,250	10,170	---	---
Housing Starts (thous. of units)
	Total		717	699	549	2.6	30.6
	Single Family		492	481	411	2.3	19.7
Industrial Production Indexes (1997=100)
	Total		97.4	96.4	92.6	1.1	5.2
	Manufacturing		94.6	94.1	89.5	0.6	5.8
		Food	101.7	102.1	100.6	-0.4	1.1
		Motor Vehicles	105.2	101.2	82.8	3.9	27.1
		Primary Metals	101.7	101.6	96.0	0.1	6.0
		Machinery	101.5	101.4	92.5	0.1	9.8
	Coal Production		83.0	82.5	92.8	0.6	-10.6
	Nonmetallic Minerals		72.5	72.2	70.7	0.4	2.6
	Oil and Gas Extraction		122.4	119.5	114.4	2.5	7.0
Capacity Utilization (pct.)			79.2	78.4	76.1	1.0	4.1
Durable Good Orders ($ bill.)			215.5	215.2	192.4	0.2	12.0
Consumer Confidence Index
	(1985=100)		69.2	69.5	66.0	-0.4	4.8
Light Motor Vehicle Sales (thous. of units, NSA)
	Total		1181.2	1400.2	1154.2	-15.6	2.3
		Cars	628.1	758.3	608.1	-17.2	3.3
		Trucks	553.1	641.9	546.1	-13.8	1.3