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Daily Archives: March 4th, 2008

Construction Spending - January 2008

04-Mar-08

Construction Spending At a Glance

Total Construction Spending: $1,121.5 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.7%
Year-to-year Change: Down 3.2%
Private Residential Spending: $455.8 billion
Monthly Change: Down 3%
Private Non-residential: $371.6 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.2%

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Filed in Census Bureau, Construction Spending, Cyclical, General Business Cycle | Comments (0) »

ISM Manufacturing Report on Business - February 2008

04-Mar-08

Manufacturing Report At a Glance

Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): 48.3
50+ represents growing economic conditions
Monthly Change: Down 2.4
Inventories: 45.4
Monthly Change: Down 3.7
New Orders: 49.1
Monthly Change: Down 0.4

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Help Wanted Online Data Series - February 2008

04-Mar-08

Help Wanted Online At a Glance

Online Advertised Vacancies: 3,927,500
Monthly Change: Up 17%% (Not seasonally adjusted)
Year-to-year Change: Up 3%
New ads: 2,756,700
Monthly Change: Up 24%
Vacancies advertised per 100 in labor force: 2.6

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