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Productivity and Costs - 1st Quarter 2008

07-May-08

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Productivity and Employment Costs at a Glance

  • Business Sector Productivity: Up 1.9%
  • Nonfarm Business Productivity: Up 2.2%
  • Manufacturing Productivity: Up 4.1%
  • Durable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Up 2.3%
  • Nondurable Goods Manufacturing Productivity: Up 7.0%
  • Business Unit Labor Costs: Up 2.2%%

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Non-manufacturing Report on Business - April 2008

06-May-08

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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

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Factory Orders - March 2008

04-May-08

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Factory Orders At a Glance

  • New Orders: $432.3 billion
  • Monthly Change: Up 1.4%
  • Shipments: $428.7 billion
  • Monthly Change: Up 1.1%
  • Inventories: $544.3 billion
  • Monthly Change: Up 0.9%

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Employment Situation - April 08

04-May-08

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Employment Situation At a Glance

  • Total Employment: 146,331 million
  • Nonfarm Payroll Employment: 137,818 million
  • Monthly Change: Down 20,000
  • Unemployed Persons: 7,626 million
  • Unemployment Rate: 5.0%
  • Change: Down 0.1%

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Money Supply M1 & M2 - May 1, 2008

02-May-08

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Money Supply At a Glance

  • M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1372.0 billion
  • M1 4-Week Average: $1365.0 billion
  • M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $3.3 billion
  • M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7661.6 billion
  • M2 4-Week Average: $7677.4 billion
  • M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $510.8 billion

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Jobless Claims - May 1, 2008

02-May-08

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Jobless Claims At a Glance

  • Initial Claims: 380,000
  • Change from Last Week: Up 35,000
  • 4-Week Moving Average: 363,750
  • Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.3%
  • Insured Unemployment: 3,019,000

All numbers seasonally adjusted.

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