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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Existing Home Sales - August 2007

26-Sep-07

Existing Home Sales At a Glance

Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 5.50 million
Monthly Change: Down 4.3%
Year-to-year Change: Down 12.8%
Median home price: $224,500
Monthly Change: Down 1.9%

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Jobless Claims - September 20, 2007

21-Sep-07

Jobless Claims At a Glance

Initial Claims: 311,000
Change from Last Week: Down 9,000
Prior Week Revision: Increased by 1,000
4-Week Moving Average: 320,750
Insured Unemployment Rate: 1.9%
Insured Unemployment: 2,544,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Leading Index, Coincident Index, Lagging Index (US) - August 2007

20-Sep-07

Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance:

Leading Index: Down 0.6%
Coincident Index: Up 0.1%
Lagging Index: Up 0.3%
Improved Leading Indicators: 1
Unchanged Leading Indicators:1
Worsened Leading Indicators: 8
Improved Coincident Indicators: 3
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 1
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 0

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New Residential Construction (Housing Starts) - August 2007

19-Sep-07

Housing Starts At a Glance
Seasonally Adjusted

Housing Starts: 1,331,000
Monthly Change: Down 2.6%
Year-to-year Change: Down 19.1%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 7.1%
Housing Completions: 1,523,000
Monthly Change: Down 0.2%
Year-to-year Change: Down 19%
1-Family Monthly Change: Up 3.4%
Building Permits: 1,307,000
Monthly Change: Down 5.9%
Year-to-year Change: Down 24.5%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 8.1%

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Consumer Price Index (CPI) - August 2007

19-Sep-07

CPI At a Glance

CPI-U: 207.917
Monthly Change: Down 0.2%
Year-to-year Change: Up 2.0%
Core CPI-U: Up 0.2% [Seasonally adjusted]
CPI-W: 203.199
Monthly Change: Down 0.2%
Year-to-year Change: Up 1.8%
Chained CPI-U: 120.077
Monthly Change: Down 0.1%
Year-to-Year Change: Up 1.8%

Important notes: Numbers are not seasonally adjusted unless noted; base year=100 for CPI-U and CPI-W is 1982-1984; base year for C-CPI-U is 1999.
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Producer Price Index (PPI) -

18-Sep-07

Producer Price Index At a Glance

Finished Goods Index: Down 1.4%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.2%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Up 2.2%
Finished Goods Energy: Down 6.6%
Finished Goods Food: Down 0.2%
Intermediate Goods Index: Down 1.2%
Crude Goods Index: Down 3.0%

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