Investor Confidence At a Glance
Global Index: 72.8
Monthly Change: Down 4.4
Year-to-year Change: Down 20.2
North America Index: 83.2
Monthly Change: Down 4.9
Europe Index: 76.8
Monthly Change: Down 10.9
Asia Index: 86.2
Monthly Change: Down 1.7
Technorati Tags: State Street Index, Investor Confidence Index, investor confidence
Existing Home Sales At a Glance
Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 4.93 million
Monthly Change: Down 2%
Year-to-year Change: Down 19.3%
Median home price: $200,700
Monthly Change: Up $4,800
Technorati Tags: existing home sales, home sales, housing market
Money Supply At a Glance
M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1371.9 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1367.0 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $3.2 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7661.2 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7680.2 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $510.4 billion
Technorati Tags: money supply, Federal Reserve, M1, M2
Jobless Claims At a Glance
Initial Claims: 372,000
Change from Last Week: Up 17,000
4-Week Moving Average: 376,000
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.2%
Insured Unemployment: 2,984,000
All numbers seasonally adjusted.
Technorati Tags: jobless, unemployment, claims
Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance:
Leading Index: Up 0.1%
Coincident Index: Up 0.1
Lagging Index: Up 0.3%
Improved Leading Indicators: 5
Unchanged Leading Indicators: 1
Worsened Leading Indicators: 4
Improved Coincident Indicators: 3
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 0
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 1
Technorati Tags: Conference, Board, Leading Index, Leading Indicators
Beige Book At a Glance
Commercial real estate markets were generally reported to be steady or softening in most areas.
3/4 of Districts characterized economic activity as weakening. The others reported mixed or steady growth
Manufacturing was mixed.
Residential real estate markets were still sluggish with pockets of improvement in sales and buyer traffic.
Banks reported mixed trends in lending, [...]
