Crude Oil Inventories Decline
Jun 17, 10:39 AM ET |
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| Distillate fuel inventories increased by 0.3 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 decreased by 3.9 million barrels from the previous week. At 357.7 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 increased by 3.4 million barrels last week, and are below the lower limit of the average range. Finished gasoline inventories fell last week while gasoline blending components increased during this same time. |
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Consumer Price Index Rises 0.1% in May
Jun 17, 8:47 AM ET |
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| Over the last 12 months the index has fallen 1.3%. |
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| On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.1% in May after being unchanged in April. The index for energy, which had declined the previous two months, rose 0.2% in May as an increase in the gasoline index more than offset declines in other energy indexes. |
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Industrial Production Drops 1.1% in May
Jun 16, 10:19 AM ET |
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| The production of consumer goods fell 0.8% in May with declines in both consumer durables and nondurables. |
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| Industrial production decreased 1.1% in May after having fallen a downward-revised 0.7% in April. The average decrease in industrial production during the first three months of the year was 1.6%. Manufacturing output moved down 1% in May with broad-based declines across industries. |
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Housing Starts Climb 17.2% in May
Jun 16, 9:11 AM ET |
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| Single-family housing starts in May were at a rate of 401,000; this is 7.5% above the revised April figure of 373,000. |
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| Privately-owned housing starts in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 532,000. This is 17.2% above the revised April estimate of 454,000, but is 45.2% below the May 2008 rate of 971,000. |
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Producer Price Index Rises 0.2% in May
Jun 16, 8:56 AM ET |
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| The Producer Price Index for Intermediate Materials, Supplies, and Components moved up 0.3% in May following a 0.5% decline in April. |
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| The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods increased 0.2% in May, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. This rise followed a 0.3% advance in April and a 1.2% decrease in March. |
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Import and Export Prices Increase in May
Jun 12, 8:53 AM ET |
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| Export Price Index rose 0.6% in May after increasing 0.4% in April. |
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| The U.S. Import Price Index increased for the third consecutive month in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today, rising 1.3%. An 8.3% increase in petroleum prices was the primary contributor to the overall advance. |
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Business Inventories Fall 1.1% in April
Jun 11, 10:18 AM ET |
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| The total business inventories/sales ratio based on seasonally adjusted data at the end of April was 1.43. |
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| Manufacturers’ and trade inventories, adjusted for seasonal variations but not for price changes, were estimated at an end-of-month level of $1,384.7 billion, down 1.1% from March 2009 and down 6.6% from April 2008. |
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Jobless Claims Drop by 24,000
Jun 11, 8:52 AM ET |
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| The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.6% during the week ending May 30, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week. |
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| In the week ending June 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 601,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week''''s revised figure of 625,000. The 4-week moving average was 621,750, a decrease of 10,500 from the previous week''''s revised average of 632,250. |
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Retail Sales Increase 0.5% in May
Jun 11, 8:46 AM ET |
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| Total sales for the March through May 2009 period were down 9.7% from the same period a year ago. |
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| The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $340.0 billion, an increase of 0.5% from the previous month, but 9.6% below May 2008. |
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The Beige Book
Jun 10, 2:23 PM ET |
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| Labor market conditions continued to be weak across the country, with wages generally remaining flat or falling. |
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| Manufacturing activity declined or remained at a low level across most Districts. However, several Districts also reported that the outlook by manufacturers has improved somewhat. Demand for nonfinancial services contracted across Districts reporting on this segment. |
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