• U.S. Wages & Salaries — July 2015

Wages and salaries increased $35.8 billion in July, compared with an increase of $14.3 billion in June. Private wages and salaries increased $32.7 billion, compared with an increase of $11.0 billion. Government wages and salaries increased $3.1 billion, compared with an increase of $3.3 billion.

Supplements to wages and salaries increased $6.0 billion in July, compared with an increase of $4.6 billion in June.

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• U.S. Personal Income — July 2015

Personal income increased $67.1 billion, or 0.4 percent, and disposable personal income (DPI) increased $61.5 billion, or 0.5 percent, in July.

Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $37.4 billion, or 0.3 percent. In June, personal income increased $59.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, DPI increased $52.4 billion, or 0.4 percent, and PCE increased $31.8 billion, or 0.3 percent, based on revised estimates.

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• U.S. Gross Domestic Product — Q2 2015

Real gross domestic product -- the value of the goods and services produced by the nation's economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price changes -- increased at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in the second quarter of 2015, according to the "second" estimate. In the first quarter, real GDP increased 0.6 percent.

The increase in real GDP in the second quarter reflected positive contributions from personal consumption expenditures (PCE), exports, state and local government spending, nonresidential fixed investment, residential fixed investment, and private inventory investment. Imports, which are a subtraction in the calculation of GDP, increased.

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• U.S. Initial Unemployment Claims — 22 August 2015

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In the week ending August 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 271,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's unrevised level of 277,000. The 4-week moving average was 272,500, an increase of 1,000 from the previous week's unrevised average of 271,500. The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.7 percent for the week ending August 15, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending August 15 was 2,269,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending August 8 were in Puerto Rico (3.8), New Jersey (2.9), Connecticut (2.7), Pennsylvania (2.5), Alaska (2.3), California (2.3), Nevada (2.2), Rhode Island (2.2), the Virgin Islands (2.2), and West Virginia (2.2). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending August 15 were in Michigan (+1,297), Kansas (+1,244), Missouri (+356), Idaho (+157), and Louisiana (+99), while the largest decreases were in Illinois (-1,486), Pennsylvania (- 1,166), Texas (-1,071), Ohio (-1,001), and Florida (-946). Note: “Insured unemployment rate” refers to individuals who are unemployed and receiving UC benefits. See the complete report at this link: USDOL-BLS NOTE: This report is provided with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in providing legal, financial, accounting or other professional advice. If professional assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought. Furthermore, while we do our best to ensure that these data are accurate, we suggest that any entity making decisions based on these numbers should verify the data at their source prior to making such decisions. © 2015 Connecticut Human Resource Reports, LLC URL: http://connecticuthumanresources.blogspot.com/

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• U.S. Average Retail Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices — 24 August 2015

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Regular Gasoline: The U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline decreased eight cents from the previous week to $2.64 per gallon on August 24, 2015, down 82 cents from the same time last year. The Midwest price fell 12 cents to $2.67 per gallon. The West Coast price decreased eight cents to $3.28 per gallon, followed by the East Coast price, which fell six cents to $2.43 per gallon. The Gulf Coast price decreased five cents to $2.29 per gallon, and the Rocky Mountain price fell two cents to $2.82 per gallon.

Diesel Fuel: The U.S. average price of diesel fuel decreased five cents from last week to $2.56 per gallon, down $1.26 per gallon from the same time a year ago. The West Coast and Gulf Coast prices were both down six cents, to $2.77 per gallon and $2.41 per gallon, respectively. The East Coast and Midwest prices both decreased five cents, to $2.65 per gallon and $2.49 per gallon, respectively. The Rocky Mountain price fell four cents to $2.59 per gallon.

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• U.S. Durable Goods Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders — July 2015

New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $4.6 billion or 2.0 percent to $241.1 billion. This increase, up two consecutive months, followed a 4.1 percent June increase.

Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.6 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.0 percent.

Transportation equipment, also up two consecutive months, led the increase, $3.8 billion or 4.7 percent to $83.2 billion. …”

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• U.S. New Home Sales — July 2015

Sales of new single-family houses in July 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 507,000. This is 5.4 percent (±14.8%) above the revised June rate of 481,000 and is 25.8 percent (±22.6%) above the July 2014 estimate of 403,000.

The median sales price of new houses sold in July 2015 was $285,900; the average sales price was $361,600. The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of July was 218,000. This represents a supply of 5.2 months at the current sales rate.

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