Economic Indicators | Fin 453 Final

Median Sales Price of Existing Single-Family Homes

CR: $273,600 YoY Change: 6.1% Lagging Monthly Release

Real Median Household Income

CR: $63,179 YoY Change: 1.5% Concurrent/Lagging Annual Release Measure of the combined incomes of all people sharing a particular household / place of residence

Federal Surplus or Deficit & Federal Debt: Total Public Debt

CR: -984,388mm YoY Change: 26.4% Lagging Monthly Federal (Total Public) Debt shows how much treasury securities are held by people outside of the government

Leading Index for the United States

CR: 1.27 YoY Change: -9.3% Leading Monthly Release compiled of all 50 US states 6-month growth forecast

Interest Rate of Excess Reserves

CR: 1.55% YoY Change: -29.5% Concurrent Daily Release the interest rate that the Fed pays to banks on excess reserves. PLACES A FLOOR ON THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATE

10-Year Treasury Yield

CR: 1.8% YoY Change: -40.2% Leading Concurrent Daily Release rate of return on a 10-Yr Treasury security

PCEPI

CR: 110.13 YoY Change: 1.6% Concurrent/Lagging Monthly Release measures price changes for household goods and services

Total Nonfarm Payrolls (Change 1000s of Persons)

CR: 152,200 YoY Change: 40.9% Concurrent/Lagging Monthly Measure of the number of U.S. workers in the economy that excludes proprietors, private household employees, unpaid volunteers, farm employees, and the unincorporated self-employed

GDP

CR: 21,542.10 Bn YoY Change: 3.8% Lagging Quarterly Release GDP (Y) = (C)onsumption + (I)nvestment + (G)vt SPending + (N)et (E)xports market value of all final goods and services (including exports of intermediate goods and services) produced in the US during the quarter scaled to an annualized figure

30-Yr Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the US

CR: 3.68% YoY Change: -21.1% Concurrent/Lagging Weekly Release Data of the average interest rate, of fixed-rate mortgages with a 30-Yr repayment term

U4Rate (Special Unemployment Rate: Unemployed & Discouraged Workers)

CR: 3.7% YoY Change: -5.1% Concurrent/Lagging Monthly Release U4 rate = Unemployed persons actively seeking employment + Discouraged workers

All Federal Reserve Banks: Total Assets

CR: 4,052,875mm YoY Change: -1.1% Concurrent/Lagging Weekly Release In times of economic downturn, the Fed will hold more assets to provide liquidity to the markets as part of its monetary policy