- Advance estimates of retail and food services sales for December were up 0.5% from November, and were up 4.7% from December 2011.
- Total manufacturing and trade sales for November were up 1.0% from October, while inventories were up 0.3%.
- Total Industrial production increased 0.3% in December, following a 1.0% increase in the previous month.
- The federal government budget ran a deficit of $0.3 billion in December, after a deficit of $172.1 billion in the previous month.
- Treasury International Capital reported net foreign purchases of long-term securities of $61.5 billion in November, compared with net purchases of $25.4 billion in the previous month.
- Housing starts increased 12.1% in December, following a 4.3% decrease in the previous month.
- The results of Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed fixed mortgage rates largely unchanged from the previous week.
- Mortgage applications increased 15.2% from a week earlier week, according to data from Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Applications Survey.
- The producer price index for finished goods (headline index) decreased 0.2% in December, while the core index increased 0.1%. The producer price index for finished goods increased 1.3% from December 2011 to December 2012.
- The consumer price index (headline index) held steady in December, while the core index, increased 0.1%. The consumer price index increased 1.7% for the 12-month period ending in December. The core index rose 1.9% during the same period.
- The advance figure for initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased by 37 thousand to 335 thousand in the week ending January 12.
- Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.3% from November to December.
- The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment, preliminary, was 71.3 in early January, 1.6 points below the full month reading for December.
- The January Empire State Manufacturing Survey indicated that the conditions for New York manufacturers continued to decline at a modest pace.
- The Philadelphia FED business outlook survey for January reported that manufacturing activity declined modestly, following reported increases in business activity in late 2012.
- The FED’s “Beige Book” indicated that overall economic activity expanded since the last report, with all twelve Districts characterizing the pace of growth as either modest or moderate.
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