New orders for manufactured durable goods in November decreased $1.8 billion or 1.0 percent to $186.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This was the fourth consecutive monthly decrease and followed by a revised 8.4 percent decrease in the month of October.  New durable goods orders excluding transportation increased 1.2 percent.  New durable goods [...]

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Non seasonally adjusted figures. 
This is not the same as headline figures which are seasonally adjusted.
The advance number of actual initial claims for the week ending December 20, 2008, unadjusted, totaled 715,496 in the week ending December 20, an increase of 85,629 from the previous week.
The advance, unadjusted, continuing claims or number of persons claiming unemployment [...]

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The Treasury Department auctioned off $38 billion in two year notes yesterday, December 22, 2008.  The yield on these notes reached an all time low with a yield 0.92%.  The apparent flight to quality has reached the level of insanity.  If rates rise, selling these notes after the auction will lead to a loss.  If [...]

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Unemployment claims for the week ending Dec. 13, 2008 were reported by the U.S. Department of labor at a seasonally adjusted figure of 554,000.  This was a decrease from of 21,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 575,000.  The 4-week moving average was 543,750, an increase of 2,750 from the previous week.
The advance number [...]

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Housing starts in November were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 625,000.  This is 18.9 percent below the revised October estimate of 771,000 and is 47.0 percent below the revised November 2007 rate of 1,179,000.  November 2008 housing starts down for 47% from November 2007.   In normal times the stock market would plummet and [...]

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The consumer price index dropped 1.7% on a seasonally adjusted basis last month as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.  Falling oil and gas prices, was the biggest catalyst for the decline in the overall index.  Excluding energy, the CPI index was unchanged for November.  The energy component [...]

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor released the November producer price report for November of 2008.  The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell 2.2 percent in November, 2008.  This decline followed decreases of 2.8 percent in October and 0.4 percent in September.  Energy prices dropped 11.2 percent, this came [...]

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The U.S. Census Bureau, a division of the Commerce Department, announced today that advance numbers for U.S. retail and food services sales for November were $355.7 billion, a decrease of 1.8 percent from October, the previous month.  The total sales figure was a decrease of 7.4 percent below November 2007 numbers.  These figures are adjusted [...]

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The Beige Book is a Federal Reserve Bank report that is actually titled, Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve District.  The report is published eight times per year.  The report is a compilation of data from each Federal Reserve Bank that gathered information on current economic conditions in each Federal Reserve [...]

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Labor Department release December 4th, 2008.  Unemployment claims.
The U.S. Department of Labor released unemployment claims for the week ending November 29, 2008.  The figures were somewhat less than expected but still significantly large numbers.
The Seasonally Adjusted Figures for November 29, 2008:
The advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 509,000, a decrease of 21,000 from [...]

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