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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Durable Goods Orders - November 2008

28-Dec-08

Durable Goods At a Glance

New Orders: $186.9 billion
New Orders Change: Down 1%
Shipments Change: $195.9 billion
Unfilled Orders Change: Down 2.6%
Inventory Change: Up 0.5%
Nondefense Capital Goods Change: Down 0.8%

Technorati Tags: durable goods, manufacturers, orders, inventories

New Home Sales - November 2008

24-Dec-08

New Home Sales At a Glance

Annual Sales Rate (Seasonally Adjusted): 407,000
Monthly Change: Down 2.9%
Annual Change: Down 35.3%
Median Sales Price: $220,400
Monthly change:
11.5 months

Technorati Tags: home sales, new residential sales

Existing Home Sales - November 2008

24-Dec-08

Existing Home Sales At a Glance

Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 4.49 million
Monthly Change: Down 8.6%
Year-to-year Change: Down 10.6%
Median home price: $181,300
Annual Change: Down 13.2%

Technorati Tags: existing home sales, home sales, housing market

State Street Investor Confidence Index - December 2008

24-Dec-08

Investor Confidence At a Glance
Note: There were large revisions to the June index.

Global Index: 48.0
Monthly Change: Down 6.5
Year-to-year Change: Down 17.9
North America Index: 30.1
Monthly Change: Down 15.2
Europe Index: 67.4
Monthly Change: Down 5.1
Asia Index: 86.1
Monthly Change: Up 3.9

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Leading Index (US) - November 2008

18-Dec-08

Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance:

Leading Index: Down 0.4%
Coincident Index: Down 0.3%
Lagging Index: Up 0.1%
Improved Leading Indicators: 4
Unchanged Leading Indicators: 0
Worsened Leading Indicators: 6
Improved Coincident Indicators: 1
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 0
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 3

Money Supply - December 18, 2008

18-Dec-08

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1525.0 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1543.3 billioin
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $160 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7936.4 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7985.4 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $572.3 billion

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