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Category Archives: General Business Cycle

Wholesale Trade - March 2008

09-May-08

Wholesale Trade At a Glance

Wholesale Sales: $384.3 billion
Monthly Change: Up 1.6%
Year-to-year Change: Up 12.6%
Inventories: $420.8
Monthly Change: Down 0.6%
Inventory Sales Ratio: 1.09

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Non-manufacturing Report on Business - April 2008

06-May-08

Non-manufacturing Report At a Glance
Index Readings Above 50 Represent Growth

NMI/PMI: 52.0
Change: Up 2.4
Business Activity/Production Index: 50.9
Change: Down 1.3
New Orders: 50.1
Change: Down 0.1
Employment: 50.8
Change: Up 3.9
Inventories: 47.0
Change: Down 4.5

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Advance - 1st Quarter 2008

30-Apr-08

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

Real Annual Growth Rate: 0.6%
Previous Quarter Rate: 0.6%
Current Dollar GDP Growth: 3.2%
GDP Implicit Price Deflator:2.6%

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Leading Index, Coincident Index, Lagging Index (US) - March 2008

17-Apr-08

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

Leading Index: Up 0.1%
Coincident Index: Up 0.1
Lagging Index: Up 0.3%
Improved Leading Indicators: 5
Unchanged Leading Indicators: 1
Worsened Leading Indicators: 4
Improved Coincident Indicators: 3
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 0
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 1

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Beige Book - April 16, 2008

16-Apr-08

Beige Book At a Glance

Commercial real estate markets were generally reported to be steady or softening in most areas.
3/4 of Districts characterized economic activity as weakening. The others reported mixed or steady growth
Manufacturing was mixed.
Residential real estate markets were still sluggish with pockets of improvement in sales and buyer traffic.
Banks reported mixed trends in lending, [...]

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Foreign Trade - February 2008

10-Apr-08

International Trade At a Glance

Exports: $151.4 billion
Monthly Change: Up $3.2 billion
Imports: $213.7 billion
Monthly Change: Up $7.3 billion
Trade Deficit: $62.3 billion
Monthly Change: Up $3.3 billion

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