Current Account At a Glance
Current Account Deficit: $174.1 billion
Quarterly Change: Down $6.8 billion
Goods Deficit: $214.7 billion
Quarterly Change: Down $1.6 billion
Services Surplus: $38.2 billion
Quarterly Change: Up $2 billion
Income Surplus: $30.8 billion
Quarterly Change: Up $2.6 billion
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Pending Home Sales At a Glance
Wholesale Trade At a Glance
Wholesale Sales: $377.4 billion
Monthly Change: Down 4.1%
Year-to-year Change: Up 2.7%
Inventories: $438.2 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.1%
Inventory Sales Ratio: 1.16
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Non-manufacturing Report At a Glance
Index Readings Above 50 Represent Growth
NMI/PMI: 37.3
Reading above 50 represents growing activity
Change: Down 7.1
Business Activity/Production Index: 33.0
Change: Down 11.2
New Orders: 35.4
Change: Down 8.6
Employment: 31.3
Change: Down 10.2
Inventories: 46.0
Change: Down 2.0
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Beige Book At a Glance
Commercial real estate: weakened broadly
Economic activity: weakened in all districts
Manufacturing: declined noticeably with some strength in aerospace and food processing
Residential real estate markets: slow pace nationwide
Loan demand: weakened. Business loan demand: mixed. Credit standards: higher.
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Manufacturing Report At a Glance
Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): 36.2
50+ represents growing economic conditions
Monthly Change: down 2.7
Inventories: 39.1
Monthly Change: down 5.2
New Orders: 27.9
Monthly Change: down 4.3
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Construction Spending At a Glance
Total Construction Spending: $1,072.6 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.2%
Year-to-year Change: Down 4.7%
Private Residential Spending: $338.8 billion
Monthly Change: Down 3.5%
Private Non-residential: $417.7 billion
Monthly Change: Down 0.7%
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