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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Personal Income and Outlays – July 2008

30-Aug-08

Personal Income and Spending At a Glance

Personal Income: Down $89.9 billion
Monthly Change: Down 0.7%
Real Disposable Personal Income: Down 1.7%
Personal Spending (Outlays): 10,633.7 billion (annual)
Monthly Change: Up $24.4 billion

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Money Supply (M1 and M2) – August 28, 2008

28-Aug-08

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1401.0 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1401.1 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $33 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7725.8 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7724.2 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $457.1 billion

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

Jobless Claims – August 28, 2008

28-Aug-08

Jobless Claims At a Glance

Initial Claims: 425,000
Change from Last Week: Down 10,000
4-Week Moving Average: 440,250
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.6%
Insured Unemployment: 3,423,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – 2nd Quarter 2008 Preliminary

28-Aug-08

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) At a Glance
4th Quarter Advance Estimate

Real Annual Growth Rate: 3.3%
Previous Quarter Rate: 0.9%
Current Dollar GDP Growth: 4.6%
GDP Implicit Price Deflator: 1.3%
Gross Domestic Purchases Deflator: 4.4%

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Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey – August 27, 2008

27-Aug-08

Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally

Market Composite Index: 421.6
Change: Up 0.5%
Purchase Index: 315.9
Change: Up 0.6%
Refinance Index: 1038.0
Change: Up 0.3%
4-Week Moving Average: Up 0.05%
30-year Fixed Rate: 6.44 with 1.03 points

Technorati Tags: mortgages, mortgage, interest, rates, applications, housing market

Durable Goods Orders – July 2008

27-Aug-08

Durable Goods At a Glance

New Orders: $219.3 billion
New Orders Change: Up 1.3%
Shipments Change: Up 2.5%
Unfilled Orders Change: Up 0.8%
Inventory Change: Up 0.8%
Nondefense Capital Goods Change: Up 6.3%

Technorati Tags: durable goods, manufacturers, orders, inventories