Gross Domestic Product (GDP) At a Glance
4th Quarter Advance Estimate
Real Annual Growth Rate: 0.9%
Previous Quarter Rate: 0.6%
Current Dollar GDP Growth: 3.5%
GDP Implicit Price Deflator:2.6%
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Federal Open Market Committee Minutes - Key Quotes
Participants stressed the difficulty of gauging the appropriate stance of policy in current circumstances…Several participants expressed the view that the easing in monetary policy since last fall had not as yet led to a loosening in overall financial conditions, but rather had prevented financial conditions from tightening as [...]
Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance:
Leading Index: Up 0.1%
Coincident Index: Unchanged
Lagging Index: Up 0.1%
Improved Leading Indicators: 6
Unchanged Leading Indicators: 1
Worsened Leading Indicators: 3
Improved Coincident Indicators: 2
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 0
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 2
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International Capital Flows At a Glance
Foreign purchases of Long Term US Securities: $80.4 billion
Official purchases: $48.1 billion
Private purchases: $32.1 billion
US residents purchase of foreign long term securities: $0.3 billion SOLD
Monthly Net TIC flows: negative $48.2 billion
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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 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
Technorati Tags: service, non-manufacturing, economy
