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Monthly Archives: December 2008

Housing Market Index – December 2008

16-Dec-08

Housing Market Index At a Glance

Current Month Index: 9
Monthly Change: 0
Current 1-Family Sales Index: 8
Monthly Change: down 1
Sales Expectations Index: 16
Monthly Change: down 2
Buyer Traffic Index: 7
Monthly Change: none
South Regional: 10
West Regional: 7
Northeast Regional: 11
Midwest Regional: 6

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

Empire State Manufacturing Survey – November 2008

16-Dec-08

Empire State Manufacturing Survey At a Glance

Business Conditions Index: -25.8
Monthly Change: down slightly
New Orders Index: -20.8
Prices Paid Index: -7.5
Prices Received Index: -11.7
Number of Employees Index: -23.4
Average Workweek Index: -26.6

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

Industrial Production – November 2008

16-Dec-08

Industrial Production At a Glance

Industrial Production Index: 106.8
(Base year 2002, Seasonally Adjusted)
Monthly Change: down 0.6%
Manufacturing Change: down 1.4%
Mining Change: up 2.5%
Utilities Change: up 1.6%
Capacity Utilization: 75.4%
Long Run Average Capacity Utilization: 81%

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

Producer Price Index – November 2008

12-Dec-08

Producer Price Index At a Glance

Finished Goods Index: Down 2.2%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.1%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Up 0.4%
Finished Goods Energy: Down 11.2%
Finished Goods Food: Unchanged
Intermediate Goods Index: Down 4.3%
Crude Goods Index: Down 12.5%

Technorati Tags: PPI, inflation, Producer, Price, Index

Retail Sales – November 2008

12-Dec-08

Monthly Sales At a Glance

Total Retail and Food Service Sales: $355.7 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.8%
Annual Change: Down 7.4%
Retail Sales: Down 2%

Technorati Tags: retail, sales

Money Supply – December 11, 2008

12-Dec-08

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1522.5 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1522.1 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $157.5 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7934.0 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7943.6 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $569.8 billion

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