Monthly Indicators for the United States

Description			Oct 09	Sep 09	Oct 08	Percent Changes
Description			Oct 09	Sep 09	Oct 08	Oct 09/ Sep 09	Oct 09/ Oct 08
Employment (thous.)
	Total		130,848	131,038	136,352	-0.1	-4.0
	Manufacturing		11,675	11,736	13,203	-0.5	-11.6
Unemployment Rate (pct.)			10.2	9.8	6.6	---	---
Retail Sales ($ bill.)			309.1	304.8	315.8	1.4	-2.1
Money Supply ($ bill.)
	M1		1673.9	1659.9	1474.7	0.8	13.5
	M2		8359.8	8333.2	7929.2	0.3	5.4
Price Indexes (1982=100)
	Consumer Price Index		216.4	215.8	216.9	0.3	-0.2
	Producer Price Index
		(Finished Goods)	174.5	173.9	177.6	0.3	-1.8
Income and Savings($ bill.)
	Personal Income		---	11,962	12,268	---	---
	Saving		---	355.6	308.5	---	---
	Savings rate(pct.)		---	3.3	2.9	---	---
	Real Pers.Income		---	8,992	9,843	---	---
Housing Starts (thous. of units)
	Total		529	592	763	-10.6	-30.7
	Single Family		476	511	534	-6.8	-10.9
Industrial Production Indexes (1997=100)
	Total		98.6	98.6	106.2	0.1	-7.1
	Manufacturing		97.6	97.7	106.0	-0.1	-8.0
		Food	112.0	111.7	111.8	0.3	0.2
		Motor Vehicles	68.0	69.1	76.9	-1.7	-11.6
		Primary Metals	75.7	73.1	93.2	3.5	-18.8
		Machinery	82.5	82.3	106.1	0.2	-22.3
	Coal Production		97.0	97.3	108.6	-0.3	-10.7
	Nonmetallic Minerals		82.4	84.2	99.3	-2.1	-17.0
	Oil and Gas Extraction		102.9	103.1	95.3	-0.3	7.9
Capacity Utilization (pct.)			70.7	70.5	75.4	0.2	-6.4
Durable Good Orders ($ bill.)			---	165.7	201.1	---	---
Consumer Confidence Index
	(1985=100)		47.7	53.4	38.0	-10.7	25.5
Motor Vehicle Sales (thous. of units, NSA)
	Total		835.9	744.0	834.6	12.4	0.2
		Cars	427.3	398.2	429.5	7.3	-0.5
		Trucks	408.6	345.8	405.1	18.2	0.9