Manufacturing Report At a Glance
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): 50.7
50+ represents growing economic conditions
Monthly Change: Up 2.3
Inventories: 49.1
Monthly Change: Up 3.7
New Orders: 49.5
Monthly Change: Up 2.6
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Employment Situation At a Glance
Total Employment: 146.248 million
Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 138.102 million
Monthly Change: Down 17,000
Unemployed Persons: 7.576 million
Unemployment Rate: 4.9%
Change: Down 0.1%
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Construction Spending At a Glance
Total Construction Spending: $1,140.2 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.1%
Year-to-year Change: Down 2.3%
Private Residential Spending: $462.0 billion
Monthly Change: Down 2.8%
Private Non-residential: $380.4 billion
Monthly Change: Up 1.3%
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Jobless Claims At a Glance
Initial Claims: 375,000
Change from Last Week: Up 69,000
Prior Week Revision: Up 5,000
4-Week Moving Average: 325,750
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.0%
Insured Unemployment: 2,716,000
All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Help-Wanted Advertising At a Glance
National Index: 22
Prior Month: 21
Prior Year: 3
Regions increasing ad volume: 1
Regions decreasing ad volume: 8
Labor markets increasing ad volume: 59%
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Monster Employment Index At a Glance
October Index: 160
Monthly Change: Down 9
Year-to-year Change: Down 8 Points
Regions Growing: 0
Regions Unchanged: 0
Regions Declining: 9
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