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Category Archives: Leading

Pending Home Sales - March 2008

07-May-08

Pending Home Sales At a Glance

Pending Home Sales Index: 83.8
Monthly Change: Down 1%
Yearly Change: Down 20.1%
South Yearly Change: Down 26.7%
Northeast Yearly Change: Down 15.4%
Midwest Yearly Change: Down 22.3%
West Yearly Change: Down 9.5%

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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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Empire State Manufacturing Survey - April 2008

15-Apr-08

Empire State Manufacturing Survey At a Glance

Business Conditions Index: 0.6
Monthly Change: Up 22.8
New Orders Index: 0.1
Prices Paid Index: 57.3
Prices Received Index: 20.8
Number of Employees Index: 0
Average Workweek Index: 0

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ISM Manufacturing Report on Business - March 2008

01-Apr-08

Manufacturing Report At a Glance

Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): 48.6
50+ represents growing economic conditions
Monthly Change: Up 0.3
Inventories: 44.9
Monthly Change: Down 0.5
New Orders: 46.5
Monthly Change: Down 2.6

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State Street investor Confidence - February 2008

19-Mar-08

Investor Confidence At a Glance

Global Index: 77.4
Monthly Change: Up 4.8
Year-to-year Change: Down 21.9
North America Index: 83.5
Monthly Change: Up 5.4
Europe Index: 88.6
Monthly Change: Up 4.6
Asia Index: 88
Monthly Change: Up 2.8

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Federal Funds Rate Announcement (FOMC) - March 18, 2008

19-Mar-08

Federal Funds Rate: 2.25%
Discount Rate: 2.5%

The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower its target for the federal funds rate 75 basis points to 2-1/4 percent..
In an action Sunday, the Federal Reserve lowered the discount rate by 25 basis points, then lowered it 75 basis points today.
The discount rate is now only 25 basis [...]

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