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Construction Spending - December 2008

03-Feb-09

Construction Spending At a Glance

Total Construction Spending: $1,053.7 billion
Monthly Change: Down 1.4%
Year-to-year Change: Down 3.6%
Private Residential Spending: $319.2 billion
Monthly Change: Down 3.2%
Private Non-residential: $417.9 billion
Monthly Change: Down 0.4%

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Housing Starts - December 2008

22-Jan-09

Housing Starts At a Glance
Seasonally Adjusted

Housing Starts: 550,000
Monthly Change: Down 15.5%
Year-to-year Change: Down 45%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 13.5%
Housing Completions: 1,015,000
Monthly Change: Down 5.2%
Year-to-year Change: Down 23.6%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 13.1%
Building Permits: 549,000
Monthly Change: Down 10.7%
Year-to-year Change: Down 50.6%
1-Family Monthly Change: Down 12.3%

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State Street Investor Confidence Index - January 2009

21-Jan-09

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

Global Index: 60.3
Monthly Change: Up 12.1
Year-to-year Change: Down 9.2
North America Index: 51.8
Monthly Change: Up 21.2
Europe Index: 73.0
Monthly Change: Up 6.7
Asia Index: 86.3
Monthly Change: Down 0.3

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Treasury International Capital - November 2008

18-Jan-09

International Capital Flows At a Glance

Foreign purchases of Long Term US Securities: negative $56.0 billion
Official purchases: negative $18.9 billion
Private purchases: negative $37.1 billion
US residents purchase of foreign long term securities: sold a net $34.3 billion
Monthly Net TIC flows: $56.8 billion

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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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Construction Spending - October 2008

02-Dec-08

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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