PNC CHRISTMAS PRICE INDEX - Christmas 2008
by tomhanna on 12/3/2008 3:16:26 AM
The Price of Christmas At a Glance PNC Christmas Price Index 2008: $21,080 Change: Up $1,573 Percent Change: Up 8.1% Core Index (Excluding Swans-a-swimming): Up 1.1% Turtle Doves: Up 37.5% Five Gold Rings: Down 11.4% Ladies Dancing: Unchanged PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2008 – The PNC Christm... Continue »
Manufacturing Report on Business - November 2008
by tomhanna on 12/2/2008 4:59:08 AM
Manufacturing Report At a Glance Purchasing Managers Index (PMI): 36.2 50+ represents growing economic conditions Monthly Change: down 2.7 Inventories: 39.1 Monthly Change: down 5.2 New Orders: 27.9 Monthly Change: down 4.3 Technorati Tags: Purchasing Managers Index, PMI, ISM, manufactur... Continue »
Construction Spending - October 2008
by tomhanna on 12/2/2008 4:57:55 AM
Construction Spending At a Glance Total Construction Spending: $1,072.6 billion Monthly Change: Down 1.2% Year-to-year Change: Down 4.7% Private Residential Spending: $338.8 billion Monthly Change: Down 3.5% Private Non-residential: $417.7 billion Monthly Change: Down 0.7% Technorati Tag... Continue »
Money Supply (M1 and M2) - November 28, 2008
by tomhanna on 12/1/2008 3:17:00 AM
Money Supply At a Glance M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1473.1 billion M1 4-Week Average: $1509.4 billion M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $103.8 billion M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7878.9 billion M2 4-Week Average: $7897.9 billion M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $540.5 billion ... Continue »
Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey - November 26, 2008
by tomhanna on 11/28/2008 2:26:52 AM
Mortgage Applications Survey At a Glance Adjusted seasonally Market Composite Index: 404.4 Change: Up 1.5% Purchase Index: 261.6 Change: Up 5.3% Refinance Index: 1254.0 Change: Down 2.1% 4-Week Moving Average: Down 4.3% 30-year Fixed Rate: 5.99% with 1.23 points Technorati Tags: mortg... Continue »
Personal Income and Outlays - October 2008
by tomhanna on 11/28/2008 2:25:40 AM
Personal Income and Spending At a Glance Personal Income: $12,214.7 billion Monthly Change: Up 0.3% Real Disposable Personal Income: Up 1% Personal Spending (Outlays): $10,435.2 billion (annual) Monthly Change: Down $105.1 billion Technorati Tags: personal income, spending, disposable inco... Continue »
Jobless Claims - November 26, 2008
by tomhanna on 11/28/2008 2:23:12 AM
Jobless Claims At a Glance Initial Claims: 529,000 Change from Last Week: Down 14,000 4-Week Moving Average: 518,000 Insured Unemployment Rate: 3.0% Insured Unemployment: 3,962,000 All numbers seasonally adjusted. Technorati Tags: jobless, unemployment, claims UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WE... Continue »
Durable Goods Orders - October 2008
by tomhanna on 11/28/2008 2:21:43 AM
Durable Goods At a Glance New Orders: $193.0 billion New Orders Change: Down 6.2% Shipments Change: Down 2.4% Unfilled Orders Change: Down 0.6% Inventory Change: Up 0.4% Nondefense Capital Goods Change: Down 3.6% Technorati Tags: durable goods, manufacturers, orders, inventories HIGHLI... Continue »
Consumer Confidence Index - November 2008
by tomhanna on 11/26/2008 1:39:44 AM
Consumer Confidence At a Glance Consumer Confidence Index: 44.9 Monthly Change: Up 6.1 Present Situation Index: 42.2 Monthly Change: Down 1.3 Expectations Index: 46.7 Monthly Change: Up 11 1985=100 Technorati Tags: consumer confidence, consumer confidence index The Conference Board Co... Continue »
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - 3rd Quarter 2008 Preliminary
by tomhanna on 11/26/2008 1:38:35 AM
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) At a Glance Real Annual Growth Rate: -0.5% Previous Quarter Rate: 2.8% Current Dollar GDP Growth: 3.6% GDP Implicit Price Deflator: 4.1% Gross Domestic Purchases Deflator: 4.6% Technorati Tags: Gross Domestic Product, GDP, GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT: THIRD Q... Continue »
Existing Home Sales - October 2008
by tomhanna on 11/24/2008 11:31:44 PM
Existing Home Sales At a Glance Total Existing Home Sales Annual Rate: 4.98 million Monthly Change: Down 3.1% Year-to-year Change: Down 1.6% Median home price: $183,300 Monthly Change: Down $8,300 Technorati Tags: existing home sales, home sales, housing market Existing-Home Sales Softe... Continue »
10 Reasons to Bailout Bloggers Instead
by tomhanna on 11/24/2008 5:59:15 PM
Everyone is out hat in hand looking for a bailout, so let me throw in my two cents. Bail out bloggers. Pick the million most serious bloggers in the US and give loan them $500,000 each. This would be the last big bailout the economy needed. It would fix everything. It's cheaper [...] Continue »
Money Supply (M1 and M2) - November 20, 2008
by tomhanna on 11/20/2008 10:23:24 PM
Money Supply At a Glance M1 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $1473.1 billion M1 4-Week Average: $1496.3 billion M1 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $103.6 billion M2 Seasonally Adjusted Prior Month: $7878.9 billion M2 4-Week Average: $7896.9 billion M2 Annual Change (Unadjusted): $540.5 billion ... Continue »
Leading Index (US) - October 2008
by tomhanna on 11/20/2008 10:21:51 PM
Conference Board Leading, Coincident and Lagging Indicators At a Glance: Leading Index: Down 0.8% Coincident Index: Up 0.2% Lagging Index: Up 0.1% Improved Leading Indicators: 3 Unchanged Leading Indicators: 1 Worsened Leading Indicators: 6 Improved Coincident Indicators: 3 Unchanged Coinc... Continue »
Jobless Claims - November 20, 2008
by tomhanna on 11/20/2008 10:20:29 PM
Jobless Claims At a Glance Initial Claims: 542,000 Change from Last Week: Up 27,000 4-Week Moving Average: 506,500 Insured Unemployment Rate: 2.9% Insured Unemployment: 4,012,000 All numbers seasonally adjusted. Technorati Tags: jobless, unemployment, claims UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEK... Continue »