Monthly Economic Data
Monthly Economic Data
Monthly Economic Data
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09
(Annual Average)
Unemployment Rate (level) 5.5 5.1 4.6 4.6 5.8 6.2 6.6 6.8 7.2 7.6 8.1 8.5
Payroll Employment (monthly increase, thousands) (Avg)
Total Nonfarm 173 212 178 96 -257 -321 -380 -597 -681 -741 -651 -663
Private 159 197 161 72 -270 -300 -384 -601 -670 -749 -654 -658
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 Dec-08 Jan-09 Feb-09 Mar-09 Apr-09
U.S. Trade Balance (billions of dollars, BOP Basis) (Annual Total) (monthly)
Goods and services -617.6 -711.6 -753.3 -700.3 -681.1 -58.1 -58.0 -42.5 -39.9 -36.2 -26.0
Goods -665.4 -787.2 -838.3 -819.4 -820.8 -70.1 -69.6 -53.3 -51.3 -46.9 -36.9
(Dec to Dec)
Index of Leading Indicators (percent change) 5.2 2.3 0.5 -1.6 -4.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.8 0.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.3
Index of Coincident Indicators (percent change) 3.6 2.0 1.9 1.0 -3.5 -1.1 0.2 -0.6 -0.8 -0.9 -0.6 -0.4