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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Housing Market Index – August 2008

19-Aug-08

Housing Market Index At a Glance

Current Month Index: 16
Monthly Change: Unchanged
Current 1-Family Sales Index: 16
Monthly Change: Up 1
Sales Expectations Index: 25
Monthly Change: Up 2
Buyer Traffic Index: 12
Monthly Change: Unchanged
South Regional: 20
West Regional: 11
Northeast Regional: 16
Midwest Regional: 14

Technorati Tags: Housing Market Index, housing market, homebuilder, confidence

Treasury International Capital – June 2008

16-Aug-08

International Capital Flows At a Glance

Foreign purchases of Long Term US Securities: $62.7 billion
Official purchases: $14.9 billion
Private purchases: $47.8 billion
US residents purchase of foreign long term securities: $9.2 billion
Monthly Net TIC flows: $51.1 billion

Technorati Tags: International Capital Flows, Treasury Department

Empire State Manufacturing Survey – August 2008

16-Aug-08

Empire State Manufacturing Survey At a Glance

Business Conditions Index: 2.8
Monthly Change: Up 7.7
New Orders Index: -2.2
Prices Paid Index: 65.2
Prices Received Index: 32.6
Number of Employees Index: -4.5
Average Workweek Index: 1.1

Technorati Tags: Federal Reserve, New York, Empire State, manufacturing, survey, index

Industrial Production – July 2008

16-Aug-08

Industrial Production At a Glance

Industrial Production Index: 111.8
(Base year 2002, Seasonally Adjusted)
Monthly Change: Up 0.2%
Manufacturing Change: Up 0.4%
Mining Change: Up 0.9%
Utilities Change: Down 1.9%
Capacity Utilization: 79.9%
Long Run Average Capacity Utilization: 81%

Technorati Tags: industrial, production, capacity, utilization, manufacturing, mining, utilities

Jobless Claims – August 14, 2008

14-Aug-08

Jobless Claims At a Glance

Initial Claims: 450,000
Change from Last Week: Down 10,000
4-Week Moving Average: 440,500
Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.6%
Insured Unemployment: 3,417,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.
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Money Supply – August 14, 2008

14-Aug-08

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1400.9 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1402.2 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $32.5 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7725.9 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7723.4 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $450.4 billion

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