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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Manufacturing and Trade Inventory and Sales – July 2007

16-Sep-07

Manufacturing and Trade Inventory and Sales At a Glance

Sales: $1,123.8 billion
Monthly Change: Up 1.1%
Year-to-year Change: Up 4%
Inventories: $1,419.0 billion
Monthly Change: Up 0.5%
Inventory-to-sales ratio: 1.26

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Industrial Production – August 2007

15-Sep-07

Industrial Production At a Glance

Industrial Production Index: 114.4
(Base year 2002)
Monthly Change: Up 0.2%
Manufacturing Change: Down 0.3%
Mining Change: Down 0.6%
Utilities Change: Up 5.3%
Capacity Utilization: 82.2%
Long Run Average Capacity Utilization: 81%

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Retail Sales (Advance) – August 2007

15-Sep-07

Monthly Sales At a Glance

Total Retail and Food Service Sales: $377.6 billion
Monthly Change: Up 0.3%
Annual Change: Up 3.7%
Retail Sales: $339.9 billion

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Jobless Claims – September 13, 2007

13-Sep-07

Jobless Claims At a Glance

Initial Claims: 319,000
Change from Last Week: Up 4,000
Prior Week Revision: Reduced by 3,000
4-Week Moving Average: 324,000
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.0%
Insured Unemployment: 2,585,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey – September 12, 2007

13-Sep-07

Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally and for the shortened business week

Market Composite Index: 657.4
Change: Up 5.5%
Purchase Index: 448
Change: Up 5.2%
Refinance Index: 1876.6
Change: Up 6%
4-Week Moving Average: Down 0.8%
30-year Fixed Rate: 6.25% with 1 points

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International Trade (US) – July 2007

11-Sep-07

International Trade At a Glance

Exports: $137.7 billion
Monthly Change: Up $3.6 billion
Imports: $196.9 billion
Monthly Change: Up $3.4 billion
Trade Deficit: $59.2 billion
Monthly Change: Down $0.2 billion

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