Trends and Statistics

Transportation
    Change (of previous)
  Current Week Month Year
PPI: LTL 230.4  

3.2

8.5
PPI: TL 135.4   1.9 6.9
Gasoline - U.S. (Dollars per Gallon)

3.879

0.035   1.030
East Coast 3.845 0.044   1.011
New England 3.936 0.073   1.051
Central Atlantic 3.898 0.070   1.041
Lower Atlantic 3.779 0.016  

0.976

Midwest 3.901 0.054   1.092
Gulf Coast 3.725 0.002   0.996
Rocky Mountain 3.636 0.027   0.749
West Coast 4.098 0.017   1.042
California 4.217 0.012   1.129
Diesel Fuel - U.S. (Dollars per Gallon) 4.098 -0.007   1.020
East Coast 4.105 -0.006   1.030
New England 4.222 0.010   1.117
Central Atlantic 4.238 0.009   1.052
Lower Atlantic 4.038 -0.013   1.013
Midwest 4.061 -0.007   1.008
Gulf Coast 4.024 -0.009   0.986
Rocky Mountain 4.134 0.008   0.997
West Coast 4.305 -0.014   1.094
California 4.438 -0.002   1.211
Crude Oil 112.39

0.044

   
Natural Gas 4.38 0.08    

 

Indexes
    Percentage Change (of previous)
  Current Week Month Year
Consumer Price Index (CPI) 223.47 0.0 1.0 2.7
Producer Price Index (PPI) 189.4 0.0 1.3 5.8
Unemployment Rate 8.8 0.0 -0.1 -0.9

 

Manufacturing
    Percentage Change (of previous)
  Current Month Year
PMI 61.2 -0.2  
New Orders 63.3 -4.7  
Production 69.0 2.7  
Employment 63.0 -1.5  
Supplier Deliveries 63.1 3.7  
Inventories 47.4 -1.4  
Customers' Inventories 39.5 40.0  
Prices 85.0 3.0  
Backlog of Orders 52.5 -6.5  
Exports 56.0 -6.5  
Imports 56.5 1.5  
       
Industrial Production 93.6 0.8 5.9
Capacity Utilization 77.4 0.65 -0.5

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