Latest update: June 21, 2001

Jan01 Feb01 Mar01 Apr01 May01 Jun01

UI Claims wk 1 341/360 361/331 375/357 396/382 388/404 434/425
(wk/4wk) wk 2 300/347 344/342 380/366 389/384 392/404 400/423
wk 3 311/332 333/347 382/378 412/395 411/404
wk 4 350/326 374/353 365/376 425/406 419/403
wk 5 384/378 437/415

Nonfarm Payrolls +61k +167k +59k -182k -19k
Mfg Payroll -92k -65k -76k -113k -124k
Unemployment 4.2% 4.2% 4.3% 4.5% 4.4%
Avg wkly hours 34.4 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.3
Avg hrs - Mfg 41.0 40.9 41.0 41.0 40.8
Aggr Hrs Index +0.7% -0.3% +0.2% -0.3% UNCH
Aggr Hrs - Mfg +0.3% -1.0% -0.3% -0.6% -1.5%
Hourly Earnings UNCH +0.6% +0.4% +0.4% +0.3%

PPI +1.1% +0.1% -0.1% +0.3% +0.1%
PPI core +0.5% -0.3% +0.1% +0.2% +0.2%
CPI +0.6% +0.3% +0.1% +0.3% +0.4%
CPI core +0.3% +0.3% +0.2% +0.2% +0.1%
Import Prices UNCH -0.7% -1.5% -0.6% +0.3%

NAPM Prices Paid 65.7 58.1 49.9 48.9 45.2

M2 (bln) +$50.1 +$45.3 +$60.5 +$44.0 +$21.9

C&I loans (bln) 1103.9 1110.1 1109.6 1106.2 1103.2
Treasury Budget +$76.4 -$48.2 -$50.7 +$189.8 -$27.9
Consumer Credit +$16.0 +$13.4 +$7.5 +$13.9

Cons Confidence 115.7 109.2 116.9 109.9 115.5
Mich. Sentiment 94.7 90.6 91.5 88.4 92.0 91.6

Car Sales, rate 6.7 6.9 6.4 6.4 6.3
Truck Sales 7.5 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.3
Total 14.2 14.5 14.2 13.6 13.6

Retail Sales +1.5% +0.1% -0.4% +1.4% +0.1%
Ex. autos +1.7% -0.1% -0.3% +1.1% +0.3%

Personal Income +0.6% +0.5% +0.5% +0.3%
Pers Spending +1.1% +0.1% +0.2% +0.4%

NAPM Index 41.2 41.9 43.1 43.2 42.1
Chicago Purch 40.2 43.2 35.0 38.9 38.7
Phila. Fed -36.8 -30.5 -23.5 -7.2 -8.8 -3.1

Ind Production -0.9% -0.4% -0.2% -0.6% -0.8%
Capacity Util 79.7% 79.2% 78.8% 78.2% 77.4%

Factory Orders -6.3% +2.3% +0.7% -3.0%
Durables -10.7% +3.9% +1.9% -5.0%
Ex. defense -11.0% +2.8% +0.7% -4.3%
Ex.transport. -6.1% +2.0 -3.5% -3.0%
Nondurables -0.5% +0.3% -0.8% -0.5%

Mfg Shipments -1.6% +0.1% -0.1% -2.5%

Bus. Inventories +0.2% -0.3% -0.4% UNCH
Factory +0.4% -0.2% -0.8% +0.1%
Wholesale -0.3% -0.2% +0.1% +0.3%
Retail +0.3% -0.4% -0.3% -0.2%

Housing Starts 1.666 1.623 1.592 1.629 1.622
Building Permits 1.724 1.663 1.627 1.587 1.621
NAHB Index 55 57 58 57 56 58

New Home Sales 938 966 988 894
Existing Homes 5.20 5.19 5.43 5.20

Construct Spend +3.0% +0.9% +1.1% +0.3%
Residential +2.6% +2.7% +0.1% +0.7%
Nonresidential +5.4% -1.1% +3.3% -0.9%

Trade Balance (bln) -$33.3 -$28.6 -$33.1 -$32.2
Exports $90.1 $90.5 $88.7 $86.9
Imports $123.4 $119.1 $121.8 $119.1
Goods Only, BOP -$39.1 -$34.6 -$38.8 -$37.8

Leading index +0.3% -0.1% -0.2% +0.1% +0.5%

1Q adv 1Q pre
GDP (chain-wt) +2.0% +1.3%
Final Sales +4.6% +4.4%
Chain prices +3.2% +3.2%
Current-dollar +5.2% +4.6%

Nonfarm Product -0.1% -1.2%
Unit labor costs +5.2% +6.3%

ECI (qtr/qtr) +1.1%