Monthly Indicators for the United States

Description			Jul 08	Jun 08	Jul 07	Percent Changes
Description			Jul 08	Jun 08	Jul 07	Jul 08/ Jun 08	Jul 08/ Jul 07
Employment (thous.)
	Total		137,615	137,666	137,682	-0.0	-0.0
	Manufacturing		13,501	13,536	13,884	-0.3	-2.8
Unemployment Rate (pct.)			5.7	5.5	4.7	---	---
Retail Sales ($ bill.)			353.5	345.8	339.2	2.2	4.2
Money Supply ($ bill.)
	M1		1401.0	1385.5	1368.0	1.1	2.4
	M2		7726.2	7687.0	7268.7	0.5	6.3
Price Indexes (1982=100)
	Consumer Price Index		219.2	217.4	208.0	0.8	5.4
	Producer Price Index
		(Finished Goods)	184.0	181.8	167.6	1.2	9.8
Income and Savings($ bill.)
	Personal Income		---	12,273	11,684	---	---
	Saving		---	275.9	45.7	---	---
	Savings rate(pct.)		---	2.5	0.4	---	---
	Real Pers.Income		---	8,904	8,660	---	---
Housing Starts (thous. of units)
	Total		965	1,084	1,371	-11.0	-29.6
	Single Family		641	660	1,055	-2.9	-39.2
Industrial Production Indexes (1997=100)
	Total		111.8	111.6	112.0	0.2	-0.1
	Manufacturing		112.8	112.4	114.1	0.4	-1.1
		Food	112.4	112.5	111.4	-0.1	0.9
		Motor Vehicles	90.3	87.2	100.8	3.6	-10.4
		Primary Metals	111.0	110.2	113.2	0.8	-1.9
		Machinery	112.9	112.1	117.4	0.7	-3.9
	Coal Production		105.3	98.9	102.4	6.5	2.8
	Nonmetallic Minerals		104.7	103.9	109.9	0.7	-4.7
	Oil and Gas Extraction		99.6	98.9	95.2	0.7	4.7
Capacity Utilization (pct.)			79.9	79.8	81.4	0.1	-1.8
Durable Good Orders ($ bill.)			219.3	216.4	230.5	1.3	-4.9
Consumer Confidence Index
	(1985=100)		51.9	51.0	111.9	1.8	-53.6
Motor Vehicle Sales (thous. of units, NSA)
	Total		1131.8	1185.3	1304.3	-4.5	-13.2
		Cars	622.2	664.2	620.1	-6.3	0.3
		Trucks	509.6	521.1	684.2	-2.2	-25.5