Jobless Claims Decline 14,000
Apr 30, 8:51 AM ET |
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| The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.7% during the week ending April 18, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. |
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| In the week ending April 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 631,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week''''s revised figure of 645,000. The 4-week moving average was 637,250, a decrease of 10,750 from the previous week''''s revised average of 648,000. |
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Personal Income Drops by 0.3% in March
Apr 30, 8:46 AM ET |
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| Real disposable income increased less than 0.1% in March, in contrast to a decrease of 0.3% in February. |
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| Personal income decreased $34.4 billion, or 0.3%, and disposable personal income decreased $1.8 billion, or less than 0.1%, in March, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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Fed Keeps US Rates Unchanged
Apr 29, 2:30 PM ET |
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| In light of increasing economic slack here and abroad, the Committee expects that inflation will remain subdued. |
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| The Committee will maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 0.25% and anticipates that economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period. |
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Crude and Distillate Inventories Rise
Apr 29, 10:52 AM ET |
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| Distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.8 million barrels, and are above the upper boundary of the average range for this time of year. |
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| U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 4.1 million barrels from the previous week. At 374.7 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper boundary of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 4.7 million barrels last week, and are in the upper half of the average range. Finished gasoline inventories fell last week and gasoline blending components inventories decreased during this same time. |
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GDP Decreases 6.1% in Q1
Apr 29, 8:45 AM ET |
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| In the fourth quarter, real GDP decreased 6.3%. |
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| Real gross domestic product - the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States - decreased at an annual rate of 6.1% in the first quarter of 2009, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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New Home Sales Decrease 0.6% in March
Apr 24, 10:51 AM ET |
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| The median sales price of new houses sold in March 2009 was $201,400; the average sales price was $258,000. |
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| Sales of new one-family houses in March 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 356,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 0.6% below the revised February rate of 358,000 and is 30.6% below the March 2008 estimate of 513,000. |
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Durable Goods Orders Decline 0.8% in March
Apr 24, 9:42 AM ET |
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| Shipments of manufactured durable goods in March, down eight consecutive months, decreased $3.0 billion or 1.7% to $175.0 billion. |
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| New orders for manufactured durable goods in March decreased $1.3 billion or 0.8% to $161.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This was the seventh decrease in the last eight months and followed a 2.1% February increase. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 0.6%. Excluding defense, new orders also decreased 0.6%. |
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Existing Home Sales Fall 3% in March
Apr 23, 10:34 AM ET |
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| Regionally, existing-home sales in the Northeast fell 8% to an annual pace of 690,000 in March, and are 22.5% below a year ago. |
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| Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – declined 3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.57 million units in March from a downwardly revised level of 4.71 million in February, and were 7.1% lower than the 4.92 million-unit pace in March 2008. |
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Jobless Claims Rise by 27,000
Apr 23, 8:56 AM ET |
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| The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.8% during the week ending April 11, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. |
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| In the week ending April 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 640,000, an increase of 27,000 from the previous week''''s revised figure of 613,000. The 4-week moving average was 646,750, a decrease of 4,250 from the previous week''''s unrevised average of 651,000. |
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Crude, Gasoline and Distillate Inventories Rise
Apr 22, 10:49 AM ET |
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| Distillate fuel inventories increased by 2.7 million barrels, and are above the upper boundary of the average range for this time of year. |
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| U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 3.9 million barrels from the previous week. At 370.6 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper boundary of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 0.8 million barrels last week, and are above the upper boundary of the average range. Finished gasoline inventories fell last week while gasoline blending components inventories increased during this same time. |
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