Price Indexes:
GDP 2.6+
Gross Domestic Purchases 2.0+
Personal Savings Rate 3.9+
Productivity:
Nonfarm 2.3+
Manf 5.0+
Monthly Economic Data: From 2010 to November 2011 or Dec 2011 * (%)
Inflation CPI (over year or month) - from 1.4 to 3.4
PPI (Producer Price Index)- from 3.8 to 5.9
Oil (West TX) - from 79.4 to 98.2 *
Housing Starts - from 585 to 685
Single Fam sold - from 321 to 315
Auto and Light Truck Sales - from 11.6 to 13.6 *
Retail Sales and Food Services - from 7.6 to .1 *
Capacity Utilization - from 74.5 to 77.8
New Orders for Nondefense capital goods - 16.2 to 8.1
Buss Inv/Sales Ratio from 1.29 to 1.27
Index Leading Indicators 5.7 to .5
Interest Rastes"
3 mo T-bill .13 to .02
10 yr T-note from 3.21 to 1.98 *
Mortg rate-30 yr Fixed - from 4.69 to 3.96 *
The economy is improving...no doubt. 2008 and 2009 years most of these numbers were negative or very anemic.
Source: U.S. Treasury Department
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