Latest update: April 13, 2001
Nov00 Dec00 Jan01 Feb01 Mar01 Apr01
UI Claims wk 1 343/317 352/345 341/360 361/331 375/357 392/381
(wk/4wk) wk 2 329/322 322/343 300/347 344/342 380/366
wk 3 339/330 354/347 311/332 333/347 382/378
wk 4 359/343 370/350 350/326 374/353 365/376
wk 5 375/355 383/378
Nonfarm Payrolls +53k +36k +289k +140k -86k
Mfg Payroll -18k -48k -92k -97k -81k
Unemployment 4.0% 4.0% 4.2% 4.2% 4.3%
Avg wkly hours 34.3 34.1 34.3 34.2 34.3
Avg hrs - Mfg 41.2 40.4 40.9 40.7 40.7
Aggr Hrs Index -0.1% -0.6% +0.9% -0.4% +0.1%
Aggr Hrs - Mfg -0.7% -2.3% +0.7% -1.2% -0.5%
Hourly Earnings +0.6% +0.4% UNCH +0.6% +0.4%
PPI +0.1% +0.1% +1.1% +0.1% -0.1%
PPI core +0.1% -0.1% +0.7% -0.3% +0.1%
CPI +0.2% +0.2% +0.6% +0.3%
CPI core +0.3% +0.1% +0.3% +0.3%
Import Prices UNCH -0.6% UNCH -0.6% -1.6%
NAPM Prices Paid 57.5 62.2 65.7 58.1 49.9
M2 (bln) +$17.0 +$39.2 +$50.6 +$44.5 +$61.1
C&I loans (bln) 1087.0 1094.4 1109.6 1118.2
Treasury Budget -$23.7 +$32.7 +$76.4 -$48.2
Consumer Credit +$13.9 +$7.1 +$16.0 +$13.5
Cons Confidence 132.6 128.6 115.7 109.2 117.0
Mich. Sentiment 107.6 98.4 94.7 90.6 91.5 87.8
Car Sales, rate 6.5 5.8 6.7 6.9 6.4
Truck Sales 7.2 6.7 7.5 7.6 7.8
Total 13.7 12.5 14.2 14.5 14.2
Retail Sales -0.6% +0.2% +1.3% UNCH -0.2%
Ex. autos -0.3% +0.1% +1.3% -0.2% -0.1%
Personal Income +0.2% +0.5% +0.5% +0.4%
Pers Spending +0.3% +0.3% +1.0% +0.3%
NAPM Index 47.9 44.3 41.2 41.9 43.1
Chicago Purch 42.3 45.2 40.2 43.2 35.0
Phila. Fed 4.7 -4.2 -36.8 -30.5 -23.5
Ind Production -0.3% -0.3% -0.6% -0.6%
Capacity Util 81.4% 80.8% 80.1% 79.4%
Factory Orders +1.9% +0.6% -4.3% -0.4%
Durables +3.1% +1.4% -7.3% -0.4%
Ex. defense +2.4% +2.5% -7.2% -1.2%
Ex.transport. +0.5% -2.0% -1.4% -0.2%
Nondurables +0.5% -0.3% -0.5% -0.3%
Mfg Shipments -0.5% -0.4% -1.6% -0.5%
Bus. Inventories +0.3% UNCH +0.1% -0.2%
Factory +0.2% -0.1% +0.5% -0.1%
Wholesale +0.4% UNCH -0.4% -0.1%
Retail +0.5% +0.2% +0.2% -0.4%
Housing Starts 1.564 1.577 1.653 1.647
Building Permits 1.598 1.507 1.724 1.675
NAHB Index 65 58 55 57 59
New Home Sales 890 986 933 911
Existing Homes 5.30 4.94 5.20 5.18
Construct Spend +0.6% +0.3% +2.2% +0.6%
Residential +0.3% +0.5% +1.5% +2.4%
Nonresidential +1.1% -2.1% +5.4% +0.1%
Trade Balance (bln) -$32.9 -$33.2 -$33.3
Exports $90.8 $89.2 $89.7
Imports $123.7 $122.4 $122.9
Goods Only, BOP -$39.1 -$39.6 -$39.5
Leading index -0.3% -0.5% +0.5% -0.2%
4Q 4Q
GDP (chain-wt) +1.1%p +1.0%f
Final Sales +1.5%p +1.7%f
Chain prices +1.9%p +2.0%f
Current-dollar +3.0%p +3.0%f
Nonfarm Product +2.2%r
Unit labor costs +4.3%r
ECI (qtr/qtr)