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Monthly Archives: September 2008

Consumer Confidence Index (US) – September 2008

30-Sep-08

Consumer Confidence At a Glance

Consumer Confidence Index: 59.8
Monthly Change: Up 1.3
Present Situation Index: 58.8
Monthly Change: Down 6.2
Expectations Index: 60.5
Monthly Change: Up 6.4

1985=100
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Case Shiller Index – July 2008

30-Sep-08

Case-Shiller Housing Price Index At a Glance

Composite 20 Index: 166.23
Monthly Change:Down 0.9%
Composite 10 Index: 178.46
Monthly Change: Down 1.1%

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Personal Income and Outlays – August 2008

30-Sep-08

Personal Income and Spending At a Glance

Personal Income: Up $61.5 billion
Monthly Change: Up 0.5%
Real Disposable Personal Income: Down 0.8%
Personal Spending (Outlays): $10,614.3 billion (annual)
Monthly Change: Up $4 billion

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – 2nd Quarter 2008 Final

28-Sep-08

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

Real Annual Growth Rate: 2.8%
Previous Quarter Rate: 0.9%
Current Dollar GDP Growth: Up 4.1%
GDP Implicit Price Deflator: 1.3%
Gross Domestic Purchases Deflator: 4.4%

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New Home Sales – August 2008

25-Sep-08

New Home Sales At a Glance

Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 460,000
Monthly Change: Down 11.5%
Annual Change: Down 34.5%
Median Sales Price: $221,900
Monthly change: Down $8,800
Unsold Inventory: 10.9 months

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Durable Goods Orders – August 2008

25-Sep-08

Durable Goods At a Glance

New Orders: $208.5 billio
New Orders Change: Down 4.5%
Shipments Change: Down 3.5%
Unfilled Orders Change: Up 0.4%
Inventory Change: up 0.7%
Nondefense Capital Goods Change: down 7.5%

Nondefense Capital Goods orders is a component of the Leading Index.
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