- Real GDP increased at an annual rate of 2.8% in the third quarter of 2013, following an increase of 2.5% in the previous quarter.
- The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.8% in the third quarter, compared to an increase of 0.2% in the previous quarter.
- Personal income increased 0.5%, in September, while personal consumption expenditures increased 0.2%. The price index for personal consumption expenditures (headline index) and the core index both were up 0.1% in September. The price index (headline index) was up 0.9% from September 2012, while the core index was up 1.2%.
- New orders for manufactured goods increased 1.7% in September, while shipments of increased 0.1%.
- Sales of domestic cars increased 1.2% in October, while total light vehicle sales decreased 0.3% in October. Total vehicle sales were 15.154 million units in October, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, compared to 14.330 million in October of 2012.
- Total non-farm payroll employment rose 204 thousand in October, following an increase of 163 thousand in the previous month.
- The unemployment rate edged up to 7.3% in October, from 7.2% in September.
- The average workweek of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls held steady at 34.4 hours. Average hourly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 2 cents. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings were up 2.2%.
- The advance figure for initial claims for unemployment insurance decreased 9 thousand to 336 thousand in the week ending November 2.
- September consumer credit outstanding increased at an annual rate of 5.4%.
- The results of Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey of November 7th showed average fixed mortgage rates moving higher for the first time in three weeks.
- Mortgage applications decreased 7.0% from a week earlier, according to data from Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending November 1st.
- The Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) non-manufacturing survey results indicated growth in October.
- The Conference Board index of leading economic indicators increased 0.7% in September, while the coincident index increased 0.2%.
- The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Index of Consumer Sentiment, preliminary, fell in November to its lowest level since December 2011.
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