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Indicator |
Value |
Period |
next update |
|
EMPLOYMENT |
|
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|
Unemployment rate |
8.1 percent |
April 2012 |
June 1, 2012
(with May
2012 data) |
|
8.2 percent |
March 2012 |
|
9.0 percent |
April 2011 |
|
Number of unemployed persons |
12,500,000 |
April 2012 |
|
12,673,000 |
March 2012 |
|
13,792,000 |
April 2011 |
|
Job growth (private-sector only) |
up 130,000 |
April 2012 |
|
up 166,000 |
March 2012 |
|
Labor force participation rate |
63.6 percent |
April 2012 |
|
64.2
percent |
April 2011 |
|
Discouraged workers |
968,000 |
April 2012 |
|
989,000 |
April 2011 |
|
Job openings (private) |
3,361,000 |
March 2012 |
June 19, 2012
(with
April
2012
data) |
|
3,163,000 |
February 2012 |
|
Hires (private) |
4,049,000 |
March 2012 |
|
4,128,000 |
February 2012 |
|
Separations (private) |
3,853,000 |
March 2012 |
|
3,823,000 |
February 2012 |
|
GENERAL
INDICATORS |
|
GDP (real) |
up 2.2 percent |
Q1 2012
(advance estimate) |
May
31, 2012
(Q1 2012 second
estimate) |
|
up 3.0 percent |
Q4 2011 |
|
CFNAI-MA3 |
up 0.05 |
March 2012 |
May 21, 2012 |
|
up 0.37 |
February 2012 |
|
Consumer Confidence Index (The Conference Board) |
69.2 |
April 2012 |
May 29, 2012 |
|
69.5 |
March 2012 |
|
Personal consumption expenditures
(PCE) or consumer spending |
up
0.3 percent |
March 2012 |
June 1, 2012 (with April data) |
|
up 0.9 percent |
February 2012 |
|
CONSTRUCTION / HOUSING |
|
* Building permits |
down
7.0
percent |
April
2012 |
June 19, 2012 |
|
up 23.7 percent from |
April 2011 |
|
* Housing starts |
up
2.6
percent |
April
2012 |
|
up 29.9 percent from |
April 2011 |
|
* Housing completions |
up 10.0
percent |
April
2012 |
|
up 20.1 percent from |
April 2011 |
|
New residential sales |
down 7.1 percent |
March 2012 |
May 23, 2012 |
|
up 7.5 percent |
March 2011 |
|
Existing home sales |
down 2.6 percent |
March 2012 |
May 22, 2012 |
|
up 5.2 percent from |
March 2011 |
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