Thursday, January 19, 2012

Latest U.S.A. Economic News

Quaterly Data - 2011 Third Qtr. (estimated)
Real GDP (% change)    1.8+
   Business Investments    15.7+
   Residential Construction   1.3+
   Exports     4.7+
   Imports     1.2+
   Net Export Balance (Nominal)   -562.3
   Current Account Bal as share of GDP   -2.9

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 * (%)
Unemployment rate -  from 9.6 (2010) to 8.5  *
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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