Personal Income Drops by 0.2% in February
Mar 27, 9:23 AM ET |
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| Personal consumption expenditures increased $17.2 billion, or 0.2%. |
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| Personal income decreased $29.1 billion, or 0.2%, and disposable personal income decreased $10.5 billion, or 0.1%, in February, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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GDP Decreases 6.3% in Q4
Mar 26, 8:54 AM ET |
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| In the third quarter, real GDP decreased 0.5%. |
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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 6.3% in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to final estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. |
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Jobless Claims Rise by 8,000
Mar 26, 8:41 AM ET |
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| The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.8% during the week ending March 14, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. |
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| In the week ending March 21, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 652,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week''''s revised figure of 644,000. The 4-week moving average was 649,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week''''s revised average of 650,000. |
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Gasoline and Distillate Inventories Decline
Mar 25, 10:47 AM ET |
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| Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 1.6 million barrels, and are above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year. |
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| U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased 3.3 million barrels from the previous week. At 356.6 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 1.1 million barrels last week, and are in the upper half of the average range. Finished gasoline inventories fell last week while gasoline blending components inventories rose during this same time. |
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New Home Sales Rise 4.7% in February
Mar 25, 10:21 AM ET |
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| The median sales price of new houses sold in February 2009 was $200,900; the average sales price was $251,000. |
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| Sales of new one-family houses in February 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 337,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.7% above the revised January rate of 322,000, but is 41.1% below the February 2008 estimate of 572,000. |
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Durable Goods Orders Rise 3.4% in February
Mar 25, 9:05 AM ET |
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| Shipments of manufactured durable goods in February, down seven consecutive months, decreased $0.9 billion or 0.5% to $179.1 billion. |
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| New orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased $5.5 billion or 3.4% to $165.6 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This increase follows six consecutive monthly decreases, including a 7.3% January decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 3.9%. Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.7%. |
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Existing Home Sales up 5.1% in February
Mar 23, 10:19 AM ET |
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| The median existing single-family home price was $164,600 in February, down 15% from a year ago. |
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| Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – rose 5.1% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.72 million units in February from a pace of 4.49 million units in January, but are 4.6% below the 4.95 million-unit level in February 2008. |
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Jobless Claims Drop by 12,000
Mar 19, 9:15 AM ET |
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| The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.7% during the week ending March 7, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. |
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| In the week ending March 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 646,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the previous week''''s revised figure of 658,000. The 4-week moving average was 654,750, an increase of 3,750 from the previous week''''s revised average of 651,000. |
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Fed Keeps US Rates Unchanged
Mar 18, 2:59 PM ET |
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| Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January indicates that the economy continues to contract. |
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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,Gasoline and Distillate Inventories Rise
Mar 18, 10:44 AM ET |
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| Distillate fuel inventories increased by 0.1 million barrels, and are above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year. |
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| U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased 2.0 million barrels from the previous week. At 353.3 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 3.2 million barrels last week, and are in the upper half of the average range. Finished gasoline inventories fell last week while gasoline blending components inventories rose during this same time. |
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