Crude Oil and Gasoline Inventories Advance
Jan 31, 10:48 AM EST |
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| Distillate fuel inventories declined by 2.6 million barrels, but remain above the upper end of the average range for this time of year. |
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| U.S. commercial crude oil inventories rose by 2.7 million barrels compared to the previous week. At 324.9 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper end of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories jumped by 3.8 million barrels last week, and remain above the upper end of the average range. |
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Construction Spending Drops 0.4% in December
Jan 31, 10:22 AM EST |
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| The value of construction spending in 2006 was $1,198.0 billion, 4.8% above the $1,143.7 billion spent in 2005. |
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| The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during December 2006 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,177.7 billion, 0.4% below the revised November estimate of $1,182.9 billion. The December figure is 1.4% below the December 2005 estimate of $1,194.5 billion. |
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GDP Increases 3.5% in Q4
Jan 31, 9:01 AM EST |
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| Real exports of goods and services increased 10.0% in the fourth quarter, compared with an increase of 6.8% in the third. |
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| Real gross domestic product - the output of goods and services produced by labor and property located in the United States - increased at an annual rate of 3.5% in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to advance estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the third quarter, real GDP increased 2.0%. |
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Consumer Confidence Index Improves Slightly
Jan 30, 10:28 AM EST |
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| The Expectations Index, declined to 94.5 from 96.3 last month. |
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| The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had improved in December, edged up slightly in January. The Index now stands at 110.3, up from 110.0 in December. The Present Situation Index increased to 133.9 from 130.5. |
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New Home Sales Increase 4.8% in December
Jan 26, 10:26 AM EST |
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| The median sales price of new houses sold in December 2006 was $235,000; the average sales price was $290,100. |
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| Sales of new one-family houses in December 2006 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,120,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 4.8% above the revised November rate of 1,069,000, but is 11.0% below the December 2005 estimate of 1,259,000. |
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Durable Goods Orders Rise 3.1% in December
Jan 26, 8:53 AM EST |
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| Unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods in December, up nineteen of the last twenty months, increased $15.5 billion or 2.3% to $694.9 billion. |
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| New orders for manufactured durable goods in December increased $6.7 billion or 3.1% to $221.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This was the fourth increase in the last five months and followed a 2.2%.November increase. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 2.3 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 3.9%. |
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Existing Home Sales Ease 0.8% in December
Jan 25, 10:39 AM EST |
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| There were 6,480,000 existing-home sales in all of 2006, down 8.4% from a record 7,075,000 in 2005. |
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| Total existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – eased 0.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of 6.22 million units in December from a level of 6.27 million in November. Sales were 7.9% lower than a 6.75 million-unit pace in December 2005. |
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Jobless Claims Rise 36,000
Jan 25, 8:49 AM EST |
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| The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.9% for the week ending Jan. 13, unchanged from the last week unrevised rate of 1.9%. |
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| In the week ending Jan. 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 325,000, an increase of 36,000 from the previous week''''s revised figure of 289,000. The 4-week moving average was 309,250, an increase of 1,500 from the previous week''''s revised average of 307,750. |
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Crude Oil Inventories Gain
Jan 24, 10:50 AM EST |
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| U.S. crude oil imports averaged 9.8 million barrels per day last week, down over 1.2 million barrels per day from the previous week. |
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| U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 0.7 million barrels compared to the previous week. At 322.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper end of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories rose by 4.0 million barrels last week, and are above the upper end of the average range. Distillate fuel inventories increased by 0.7 million barrels, and remain above the upper end of the average range for this time of year. |
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Leading Index Advances in December
Jan 23, 10:32 AM EST |
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| The coincident index increased again in December. From June to December, this index of current economic activity grew at a 1.1% rate. |
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| The leading index increased in December, and the previous two small increases were revised down to a slight decrease in October and no change in November. From June to December, the leading index rose 0.1%, but it is still 0.1% below its December 2005 level and the strengths among the leading indicators have not been very widespread. |
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