Beige Book At a Glance
Commercial real estate weakened or remained sluggish in 9 districts. 3 districts noted improvement - Cleveland, Minneapolis, and Kansas City
9 of the 12 Districts reported economic activity weakening. 2 described slight increases - Cleveland and Minneapolis. 1 Reported steady and moderate growth - Dallas.
9 districts reported declining in manufacturing. [...]
Money Supply At a Glance
M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: 1385.7
M1 4-Week Average: 1388.8
M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $20.0 billion
M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: 7686.7
M2 4-Week Average: 7691.1
M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): Up $437.9 billion
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CPI At a Glance
CPI-U: 218.815
Monthly Change: Up 1%
Year-to-year Change: Up 5%
Core CPI-U: Up 0.3% [Seasonally adjusted]
CPI-W: 215.223
Monthly Change: Up 1.1%
Year-to-year Change: Up 5.6%
Chained CPI-U: 125.582
Monthly Change: Up 0.8%
Year-to-Year Change: Up 4.2%
Important notes: Numbers are not seasonally adjusted unless noted; base year=100 for CPI-U and CPI-W is 1982-1984; base year for C-CPI-U is 1999.
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Federal Open Market Committee Minutes - Key Quotes
…members generally agreed that the risks to growth had diminished somewhat since the time of the last FOMC meeting while the upside risks to inflation had increased. Nonetheless, the risks to growth remained tilted to the downside.
Mr. Fisher dissented because he preferred an increase in the target federal [...]
Producer Price Index At a Glance
Finished Goods Index: Up 1.8%
Finished Goods Core: Up 0.2%
Finished Goods Annual Change: Up 9.2%
Finished Goods Energy: Up 6.0%
Finished Goods Food: Up 1.5%
Intermediate Goods Index: Up 2.1%
Crude Goods Index: Up 3.7%
Technorati Tags: PPI, inflation, Producer, Price, Index
Import Export Prices At a Glance
Import Prices: Up 2.6%
Non-petroleum Import Prices: Up 0.9%
Export Prices: Up 1.0%
Non-agricultural Export Prices: Up 0.9%
Agricultural Export Prices: Up 2.2%
Yearly Import Price Change: Up 20.5%
Yearly Export Price Change: Up 8.6%
Technorati Tags: export, import, price, index, inflation, international trade
