Non-manufacturing Report At a Glance
Index Readings Above 50 Represent Growth
NMI/PMI: 44.4
Reading above 50 represents growing activity
Change: Down 5.8
Business Activity/Production Index: 44.2
Change: Down 7.9
New Orders: 44.0
Change: Down 6.8
Employment: 41.5
Change: Down 2.7
Inventories: 48.0
Change: Up 2.5
Technorati Tags: service, non-manufacturing, economy
Existing Home Sales At a Glance
Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 5.18 million
Monthly Change: Up 5.5%
Year-to-year Change: Up 1.4%
Median home price: $191,600
Monthly Change: Down $11,500
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Beige Book At a Glance
Commercial real estate: Several Districts reported project delays and cancellations due to tighter credit conditions and increased economic uncertainty.
Economic activity: weakened in September across all twelve Federal Reserve Districts.
Manufacturing: lower in most Districts, Minneapolis described conditions as mixed and Philadelphia noted a slight increase in activity.
Residential real estate: weakened [...]
Non-manufacturing Report At a Glance
Index Readings Above 50 Represent Growth
NMI/PMI: 50.2
Reading above 50 represents growing activity
Change: Down 0.4
Business Activity/Production Index: 52.1
Change: Up 0.5
New Orders: 50.8
Change: Up 1.1
Employment: 44.2
Change: Down 1.2
Inventories: 45.5
Change: Down 8
Technorati Tags: service, non-manufacturing, economy
Existing Home Sales At a Glance
Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 4.91 million
Monthly Change: Down 2.2%
Year-to-year Change: Down 10.7%
Median home price: $203,100
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Pending Home Sales At a Glance
Pending Home Sales Index: 86.5
Monthly Change: Down 3.2%
Yearly Change: Down 6.8%
South Yearly Change: Down 13.4%
Northeast Yearly Change: Down 13.2%
Midwest Yearly Change: Down 2.4%
West Yearly Change: Up 6.5%
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