Latest update: February 8, 2001
Sep00 Oct00 Nov00 Dec00 Jan01 Feb01
Nonfarm Payrolls +195k +66k +53k +19k +268k
Mfg Payroll -52k -2k -18k -56k -65k
Unemployment 3.9% 3.9% 4.0% 4.0% 4.2%
Avg wkly hours 34.4 34.4 34.3 34.1 34.3
Avg hrs - Mfg 41.3 41.4 41.2 40.4 40.9
Aggr Hrs Index +0.3% +0.1% -0.1% -0.7% +0.9%
Aggr Hrs - Mfg -0.4% +0.1% -0.7% -2.4% +0.8%
Hourly Earnings +0.2% +0.4% +0.6% +0.4% UNCH

PPI +0.8% +0.4% +0.1% UNCH
PPI core +0.2% -0.1% UNCH +0.3%
CPI +0.5% +0.2% +0.2% +0.2%
CPI core +0.3% +0.2% +0.3% +0.1%
Import Prices +1.1% -0.4% +0.1% -0.5%

NAPM Prices Paid 58.1 56.5 57.5 62.2 65.7

M2 (bln) +$33.0 +$22.9 +$17.7 +$39.7

C&I loans (mln) 1079.9 1079.0 1080.2 1087.8
Treasury Budget +$65.7 -$11.3 -$23.7 +$32.7
Consumer Credit +$8.8 +$17.3 +$13.9 +$3.0

Cons Confidence 142.5 135.8 132.6 128.6 114.4
Mich. Sentiment 106.8 105.8 107.6 98.4 94.7

Car Sales, rate 6.8 6.6 6.5 5.8 6.7
Truck Sales 8.2 7.6 7.2 6.7 7.5
Total 15.0 14.2 13.7 12.5 14.2

Retail Sales +0.8% -0.1% -0.5% +0.1%
Ex. autos +0.6% +0.1% -0.2% UNCH

Personal Income +1.1% -0.2% +0.2% +0.4%
Pers Spending +0.8% +0.3% +0.3% +0.3%

NAPM Index 49.9 48.3 47.9 44.3 41.2
Chicago Purch 50.3 48.9 42.3 45.2 40.2
Phila. Fed 7.2 -0.5 4.7 -4.2 -36.8

Ind Production +0.2% -0.3% -0.3% -0.6%
Capacity Util 82.4% 81.9% 81.4% 80.6%

Factory Orders +1.1% -4.0% +1.9% +1.1%
Durables +2.2% -6.6% +3.1% +2.1%
Ex. defense +2.9% -7.2% +2.4% +3.2%
Ex.transport. +0.6% -3.2% +0.5% -1.4%
Nondurables -0.3% -0.5% +0.5% -0.4%

Mfg Shipments -0.2% -1.2% -0.5% -0.2%

Bus. Inventories +0.2% +0.7% +0.5%
Factory +0.3% +0.7% +0.2% UNCH
Wholesale UNCH +0.4% +0.4% UNCH
Retail +0.2% +0.9% +0.5%

Housing Starts 1.537 1.529 1.570 1.575
Building Permits 1.518 1.546 1.598 1.507
NAHB Index 61 63 65 58 54

New Home Sales 924 926 860 975
Existing Homes 5.16 5.00 5.26 4.87

Construct Spend +1.5% -1.0% +0.2% +0.6%
Residential +0.3% -0.8% -0.5% -0.1%
Nonresidential +1.5% -0.3% +1.5% +0.8%

Trade Balance (bln) -$33.7 -$33.6 -$33.0
Exports $92.7 $91.1 $90.4
Imports $126.4 $124.7 $123.3
Goods Only, BOP -$39.3 -$39.5

Leading index +0.1% -0.4% -0.4% -0.6%

3Q 4Q
GDP (chain-wt) +2.2%f +1.4%a
Final Sales +2.4%f +1.6%a
Chain prices +1.6%f +2.1%a
Current-dollar +3.8%f +3.5%a

Nonfarm Product +2.4%
Unit labor costs +4.1%

ECI (qtr/qtr) +0.8%/+4.1%