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Empire State Manufacturing Survey – January 2009

18-Jan-09

Empire State Manufacturing Survey At a Glance

Business Conditions Index: -22.2
Monthly Change: Up 6
New Orders Index: -22.8
Prices Paid Index: -18.2
Prices Received Index: -3.4
Number of Employees Index: -26.1
Average Workweek Index: -23.9

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Beige Book – January 14, 2009

18-Jan-09

Beige Book At a Glance

Commercial real estate deteriorated

Manufacturing activity continued to fall in most Districts since the previous report, with declines reported across a wide range of industries. Some strength noted in defense and medical-device production, aerospace, food manufacturing and processing in some districts.
Increased home sale cancellations were common in a few Districts. Minneapolis reported [...]

Money Supply – January 8, 2009

08-Jan-09

Money Supply At a Glance

M1 Seasonally Adjusted November: $1522.5 bllion
M1 4-Week Average: $1596.6 billion
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $157.5 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted November: $7934.7 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $8101.6 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $570.5 billion

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Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey – January 7, 2009

08-Jan-09

Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance
Adjusted seasonally

Market Composite Index: 1143.8
Change: Down 8.2%
Purchase Index: 344.2
Change: Up 7.3%
Refinance Index: 5904.5
Change: Down 12.3%
4-Week Moving Average: Up 7.9%
30-year Fixed Rate: 5.07% with 1.16 points

Technorati Tags: mortgages, mortgage, interest, rates, applications, housing market

Pending Home Sales – November 2008

06-Jan-09

Pending Home Sales At a Glance

Pending Home Sales Index: 82.3
Monthly Change: Down 4.0%
Yearly Change: Down 5.3%
South Yearly Change: Down 12.7%
Northeast Yearly Change: Down 14.6%
Midwest Yearly Change: Down 10.1%
West Yearly Change: Up 19.3%

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Factory Orders – November 2008

06-Jan-09

Factory Orders At a Glance

New Orders: $384.6 billion
Monthly Change: Down 4.6%
Shipments: $393.8 billion
Monthly Change: Down 5.3%
Inventories: $553.4 billion
Monthly Change: Down 0.3%

Technorati Tags: factory orders, inventories, manufacturing