__________Feb01 Mar01 Apr01 May01 Jun01 Jul01
UI Claims wk 1 361/331 375/357 396/382 388/404 435/426 449/412
(wk/4wk) wk 2 344/342 380/366 389/384 392/404 404/424 417/415
______ wk 3 333/347 382/378 412/395 411/404 391/417 366/409
______ wk 4 374/353 365/376 425/406 419/403 404/409
______ wk 5 384/378 437/415
Nonfarm Payrolls +167k +59k -165k +8k -114k
Mfg Payroll -65k -76k -107k -127k -113k
Unemployment 4.2% 4.3% 4.5% 4.4% 4.5%
Avg wkly hours 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3
Avg hrs - Mfg 40.9 41.0 41.0 40.8 40.7
Aggr Hrs Index -0.3% +0.2% -0.3% UNCH -0.2
Aggr Hrs - Mfg -1.0% -0.3% -0.5% -1.5% -1.0%
Hourly Earnings +0.6% +0.4% +0.3% +0.3% +0.3%
PPI +0.1% -0.1% +0.3% +0.1% -0.4%
PPI core -0.3% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2% +0.1%
CPI +0.3% +0.1% +0.3% +0.4% +0.2%
CPI core +0.3% +0.2% +0.2% +0.1% +0.3%
Import Prices -0.7% -1.5% -0.5% +0.2% -0.5%
NAPM Prices Paid 58.1 49.9 48.9 45.2 42.3
M2 (bln) +$45.4 +$60.5 +$44.4 +$22.1 +$41.4
C&I loans (bln) 1105.8 1103.8 1100.7 1097.6 1080.5
Treasury Budget -$48.2 -$50.7 +$189.8 -$27.9
Consumer Credit +$14.5 +$7.5 +$13.7 +$6.5
Cons Confidence 109.2 116.9 109.9 116.1 118.9 116.5
Mich. Sentiment 90.6 91.5 88.4 92.0 92.6 92.4
Car Sales, rate 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.4
Truck Sales 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.3 7.6
Total 14.5 14.2 13.6 13.6 14.0
Retail Sales +0.1% -0.4% +1.4% +0.4% +0.2%
Ex. autos -0.1% -0.3% +0.9% +0.4% -0.2%
Personal Income +0.4% +0.4% +0.3% +0.2% +0.3%
Pers Spending +0.3% +0.2% +0.4% +0.3% +0.4%
NAPM Index 41.9 43.1 43.2 42.1 44.7
Chicago Purch 43.2 35.0 38.9 38.7 44.4 38.0
Phila. Fed -30.5 -23.5 -7.2 -8.8 -3.7 -12.2
Ind Production -0.4% -0.3% -0.5% -0.5% -0.7%
Capacity Util 79.2% 78.7% 78.1% 77.6% 77.0%
Factory Orders +2.3% +0.7% -3.4% +2.5%
Durables +3.9% +1.9% -5.7% +2.7% -2.0%
Ex. defense +2.8% +0.7% -4.9% +2.6% -1.7%
Ex.transport. +2.0 -3.5% -4.1% +2.6% -1.5%
Nondurables +0.3% -0.8% -0.6% +1.9%
Mfg Shipments +0.1% -0.1% -2.4% +2.6%
Bus. Inventories -0.3% -0.4% -0.2% UNCH
Factory -0.2% -0.8% -0.2% -0.3%
Wholesale -0.2% +0.1% +0.1% +0.2%
Retail -0.4% -0.3% -0.3% +0.4%
Housing Starts 1.623 1.592 1.626 1.610 1.658
Building Permits 1.663 1.627 1.587 1.621 1.587
NAHB Index 57 58 57 56 58 56
New Home Sales 959 953 905 907 922
Existing Homes 5.19 5.43 5.22 5.36 5.33
Construct Spend +1.0% UNCH +0.4% +0.3%
Residential +3.3% -1.0% UNCH +0.3%
Nonresidential -1.6% +2.6% -3.8% -3.3%
Trade Balance (bln) -$28.6 -$33.1 -$32.0 -$28.3
Exports $90.5 $88.7 $86.9 $87.7
Imports $119.1 $121.8 $118.9 $116.1
Goods Only, BOP -$34.6 -$38.8 -$37.7 -$34.4
Leading index -0.1% -0.2% +0.2% +0.4% +0.3%
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GDP (chain-wt) +1.9% +1.3% +0.7%
Final Sales +2.4% +4.0% +0.7%
Chain prices +1.8% +3.3% +2.3%
Current-dollar +3.7% +4.6% +3.0%
Nonfarm Product +2.0% -1.2%
Unit labor costs +4.5% +6.3%
ECI (qtr/qtr) +0.9% +1.1% +0.9%