Durable Goods At a Glance
New Orders: $186.9 billion
New Orders Change: Down 1%
Shipments Change: $195.9 billion
Unfilled Orders Change: Down 2.6%
Inventory Change: Up 0.5%
Nondefense Capital Goods Change: Down 0.8%
Technorati Tags: durable goods, manufacturers, orders, inventories
Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance:
Leading Index: Down 0.4%
Coincident Index: Down 0.3%
Lagging Index: Up 0.1%
Improved Leading Indicators: 4
Unchanged Leading Indicators: 0
Worsened Leading Indicators: 6
Improved Coincident Indicators: 1
Unchanged Coincident Indicators: 0
Worsened Coincident Indicators: 3
Money Supply At a Glance
M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1525.0 billion
M1 4-Week Average: $1543.3 billioin
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $160 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7936.4 billion
M2 4-Week Average: $7985.4 billion
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $572.3 billion
Technorati Tags: money supply, Federal Reserve, M1, M2
Federal Funds Rate: 0.0% to 0.25% range
Discount Rate: 0.5%
Overall, the outlook for economic activity has weakened further
…inflationary pressures have diminished appreciably…the Committee expects inflation to moderate further in coming quarters.
…weak economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for some time.
Technorati Tags: federal funds, interest, rate, Federal Reserve, Federal [...]
Empire State Manufacturing Survey At a Glance
Business Conditions Index: -25.8
Monthly Change: down slightly
New Orders Index: -20.8
Prices Paid Index: -7.5
Prices Received Index: -11.7
Number of Employees Index: -23.4
Average Workweek Index: -26.6
Technorati Tags: Federal Reserve, New York, Empire State, manufacturing, survey, index
Producer Price Index At a Glance
Finished Goods Index: Down 2.2%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.1%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Up 0.4%
Finished Goods Energy: Down 11.2%
Finished Goods Food: Unchanged
Intermediate Goods Index: Down 4.3%
Crude Goods Index: Down 12.5%
Technorati Tags: PPI, inflation, Producer, Price, Index
