Latest update: May 11, 2001
Dec00 Jan01 Feb01 Mar01 Apr01 May01
UI Claims wk 1 352/345 341/360 361/331 375/357 396/382
(wk/4wk) wk 2 322/343 300/347 344/342 380/366 389/384
wk 3 354/347 311/332 333/347 382/378 412/395
wk 4 370/350 350/326 374/353 365/376 425/406
wk 5 375/355 384/378 384/403
Nonfarm Payrolls +36k +289k +136k -53k -223k
Mfg Payroll -48k -92k -96k -81k -104k
Unemployment 4.0% 4.2% 4.2% 4.3% 4.5%
Avg wkly hours 34.1 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.3
Avg hrs - Mfg 40.4 40.9 40.7 40.7 40.7
Aggr Hrs Index -0.6% +0.9% -0.4% +0.3% -0.3%
Aggr Hrs - Mfg -2.3% +0.7% -1.1% -0.4% -0.8%
Hourly Earnings +0.4% UNCH +0.6% +0.4% +0.4%
PPI +0.1% +1.1% +0.1% -0.1% +0.3%
PPI core +0.1% +0.5% -0.3% +0.1% +0.2%
CPI +0.2% +0.6% +0.3% +0.1%
CPI core +0.1% +0.3% +0.3% +0.2%
Import Prices -0.6% UNCH -0.8% -1.5% -0.5%
NAPM Prices Paid 62.2 65.7 58.1 49.9 48.9
M2 (bln) +$39.3 +$50.9 +$45.1 +$61.1 +$43.5
C&I loans (bln) 1094.4 1109.8 1118.5 1117.8 1114.1
Treasury Budget +$32.7 +$76.4 -$48.2 -$50.7
Consumer Credit +$7.1 +$16.0 +$13.4 +$6.1
Cons Confidence 128.6 115.7 109.2 116.9 109.2
Mich. Sentiment 98.4 94.7 90.6 91.5 88.4 92.6
Car Sales, rate 5.8 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.4
Truck Sales 6.7 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.2
Total 12.5 14.2 14.5 14.2 13.6
Retail Sales +0.2% +1.3% -0.2% -0.4% +0.8%
Ex. autos +0.1% +1.3% -0.4% -0.4% +0.7%
Personal Income +0.5% +0.6% +0.5% +0.5%
Pers Spending +0.3% +1.1% +0.2% +0.3%
NAPM Index 44.3 41.2 41.9 43.1 43.2
Chicago Purch 45.2 40.2 43.2 35.0 38.9
Phila. Fed -4.2 -36.8 -30.5 -23.5 -7.2
Ind Production -0.6% -0.6% -0.4% +0.4%
Capacity Util 80.6% 79.9% 79.3% 79.4%
Factory Orders +0.6% -4.3% -0.1% +1.8%
Durables +1.4% -7.3% -0.1% +3.5%
Ex. defense +2.5% -7.2% -0.8% +1.3%
Ex.transport. -2.0% -1.4% UNCH -2.2%
Nondurables -0.3% -0.5% -0.2% -0.1%
Mfg Shipments -0.4% -1.6% -0.4% +0.4%
Bus. Inventories UNCH +0.1% -0.2%
Factory -0.1% +0.5% -0.4% -0.6%
Wholesale UNCH -0.4% -0.2% +0.1%
Retail +0.2% +0.2% -0.4%
Housing Starts 1.577 1.671 1.634 1.613
Building Permits 1.507 1.724 1.675 1.630
NAHB Index 58 55 57 58 56
New Home Sales 1,007 968 980 1,021
Existing Homes 4.94 5.20 5.19 5.44
Construct Spend +0.3% +3.0% +0.9% +1.3%
Residential +0.5% +2.6% +2.5% +0.3%
Nonresidential -2.1% +5.4% UNCH +3.4%
Trade Balance (bln) -$33.2 -$33.3 -$27.0
Exports $89.2 $89.6 $90.5
Imports $122.4 $122.8 $117.4
Goods Only, BOP -$39.6 -$39.5 -$33.4
Leading index -0.5% +0.5% -0.2% -0.3%
4Q 1Q
GDP (chain-wt) +1.0%f +2.0%
Final Sales +1.7%f +4.6%
Chain prices +2.0%f +3.2%
Current-dollar +3.0%f +5.2%
Nonfarm Product +2.0% -0.1%
Unit labor costs +4.5% +5.2%
ECI (qtr/qtr) +0.9% +1.1%