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Daily Archives: May 2nd, 2008

Money Supply M1 & M2 - May 1, 2008

02-May-08

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1372.0 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1365.0 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $3.3 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7661.6 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7677.4 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $510.8 billion

Technorati Tags: money supply, Federal Reserve, M1, M2

Jobless Claims - May 1, 2008

02-May-08

Jobless Claims At a Glance

Initial Claims: 380,000
Change from Last Week: Up 35,000
4-Week Moving Average: 363,750
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.3%
Insured Unemployment: 3,019,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.
Technorati Tags: jobless, unemployment, claims

Personal Income and Spending - March 2008

02-May-08

Personal Income and Spending At a Glance

Personal Income: $12,031.5 billion
Monthly Change: Up $38.8 Billion
Real Disposable Personal Income: Down less than 0.1%
Personal Spending (Outlays): $10,487.2 Billion
Monthly Change: Up $42.1 Billion

Technorati Tags: personal income, spending, disposable income, real DPI

Construction Spending - March 2008

02-May-08

Construction Spending At a Glance

Total Construction Spending: $1,123.5 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.1%
Year-to-year Change: Down 3.4%
Private Residential Spending: $445.0 billion
Monthly Change: Down 4.6%
Private Non-residential: $382.3 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.9%

Technorati Tags: construction, spending

Monster Employment Index - April 2008

02-May-08

Monster Employment Index At a Glance

March Index: 174
Monthly Change: Up 7
Year-to-year Change: Down 12 Points
Regions Growing: 9
Regions Unchanged: 0
Regions Declining: 0

Technorati Tags: monster, employment, index

ISM Manufacturing Report on Business - April 2008

02-May-08

Manufacturing Report At a Glance

Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): 48.6
50+ represents growing economic conditions
Monthly Change: Unchanged
Inventories: 48.1
Monthly Change: Up 3.2
New Orders: 46.5
Monthly Change: Unchanged

Technorati Tags: Purchasing Managers Index, PMI, ISM, manufacturing