* In May international trade deficit was $48.7 billion, $1.9 billion less than the revised April figure.
* The federal government budget ran a deficit of $59.7 billion in June, after a deficit of $124.6 billion in the previous month.
* May consumer credit outstanding increased at an annual rate of 8.0% to $2,572.8 billion.
* Fixed mortgage rates continued to find new record lows, according to Freddie Macís weekly primary mortgage market surveys. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 3.56% for the week ending July 12, down from the previous week when it averaged 3.62%.
* Sales of merchant wholesalers in May were down 0.8% from April, while inventories were up 0.3%.
* The producer price index for finished goods (headline index) increased 0.1% in June, while the core index increased 0.2%. The producer price index for finished goods increased 0.7% from June 2011 to June 2012.
* The import price index decreased 2.7% in June, while the export price index decreased 1.7%.
* The advance figure for initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 26 thousand to 350 thousand in the week ending July 7.
* The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment, preliminary, declined in July to the lowest level this year.