• U.S. Help-Wanted Advertising — October 2015

“Online advertised vacancies increased 172,300 to 5,452,500 in October, according to The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series,released today. The September Supply/Demand rate stands at 1.50 unemployed for each advertised vacancy with a total of 2.6 million more unemployed workers than the number of advertised vacancies. The number of unemployed was around 8.0 million in September.

“’Labor demand for 2015 continues to follow the 2014 pattern of high monthly demand levels with modest net growth,’ said Gad Levanon, Managing Director of Macroeconomic and Labor Market Research at The Conference Board. ‘The strong monthly demand level continues to help reduce the number of unemployed and maintain a positive outlook for the US labor market….’”

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• U.S. Holidays Upcoming: Survey Results — 2016

“Except for the observance of Christmas Day—on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, because the actual holiday falls on a Sunday—few organizations will close to observe a religious holiday next year, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM’s) annual Holiday Survey Findings released Nov. 4, 2015.

”The vast majority of companies—92 percent or more, depending on the holiday—will observe the federal holidays of New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day and Thanksgiving Day, SHRM found. The majority will remain open during the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day in 2016, the survey also showed.…”

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• U.S. Trade Deficit — September 2015

The goods and services deficit was $40.8 billion in September, down $7.2 billion from $48.0 billion in August, revised. September exports were $187.9 billion, $3.0 billion more than August exports.

September imports were $228.7 billion, $4.2 billion less than August imports.

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• U.S. Auto and Light Truck Sales — October 2015

Auto sales for the month were up 4.1% as compared to October 2014, however, year-to-date sales are 1.6% below the data for last year at this time.

Light truck sales were up 21.9% as compared to last October; YTD sales up 12.7%.

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• U.S. Factory Orders — September 2015

• New orders for manufactured goods in September, down two consecutive months, decreased $4.7 billion or 1.0 percent to $466.3 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 2.1 percent August decrease.

• Shipments, down five of the last six months, decreased $1.8 billion or 0.4 percent to $477.3 billion. This followed a 0.9 percent August decrease.

• Unfilled orders, down two consecutive months, decreased $6.2 billion or 0.5 percent to $1,187.9 billion. This followed a 0.3 percent August decrease. The unfilled orders-to-shipments ratio was 6.88, down from 6.89 in August.

• Inventories, down three consecutive months, decreased $2.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $645.1 billion. This followed a 0.4 percent August decrease. The inventorie

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• U.S. Construction Spending — September 2015

Construction spending during September 2015 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,094.2 billion, 0.6 percent (±1.8%) above the revised August estimate of $1,087.5 billion. The September figure is 14.1 percent (±2.1%) above the September 2014 estimate of $959.2 billion.

During the first 9 months of this year, construction spending amounted to $786.6 billion, 10.5 percent (±1.3%) above the $711.8 billion for the same period in 2014.

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• U.S. Manufacturing: New Orders, Production, and Employment — October 2015

“The October PMI® registered 50.1 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the September reading of 50.2 percent. The New Orders Index registered 52.9 percent, an increase of 2.8 percentage points from the reading of 50.1 percent in September.

”The Employment Index registered 47.6 percent, 2.9 percentage points below the September reading of 50.5 percent….”

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