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BallStateCBER

  1. New orders for manufactured durable goods in April increased 0.2 percent to $215.5billion. See the trend here: bit.ly/bXXyjR
  2. Check out the April employment data of Indiana MSAs: bit.ly/dtIPmv For state-to-state comparison click here: bit.ly/d1GG3X
  3. The Producer Price Index for finished goods decreased by 0.2% in April bit.ly/c4UNs3
  4. U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose by 115,000 in April 2012, and the unemployment rate was 8.1%. View the details: ow.ly/2z7r9
  5. Manufacturers' Inventories increased $1.9 billion (0.3 percent) to $618.4 billion in March 2012.
  6. U.S. Personal income increased 0.4 percent (or 50.3 billion) in March. See the revised previous quarterly data: bit.ly/c9R1FK
  7. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index stood at 69.2 (1985=100) in April, down from 69.5 in March. bit.ly/c4nk71
  8. CBER economists Dagney Faulk and Michael Hicks enjoyed today's meeting of the Economic Club of Indiana. Thanks for a great presentation!
  9. Check out the March employment data of Indiana MSAs: bit.ly/dtIPmv For state-to-state comparison click here: bit.ly/d1GG3X
  10. The total US industrial production was unchanged in March.Manufacturing output was declined by 0.2%. See details here: bit.ly/c17WN6
  11. The Producer Price Index for finished goods was unchanged in March.http://bit.ly/c4UNs3
  12. What's your quality of place? FIND OUT: Community Asset Inventory & Rankings 2012, asset.cberdata.org. PRESS RELEASE: bsu.edu/news/article/0…
  13. Manufacturers' Inventories increased $2.2 billion (0.4 percent) to $616.8 billion in February 2012.
  14. U.S. Personal income increased 0.2 percent (or 28.2 billion) in February. See the revised previous quarterly data: bit.ly/c9R1FK
  15. Check out the February employment data of Indiana MSAs: bit.ly/dtIPmv For state-to-state comparison click here: bit.ly/d1GG3X
  16. Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 3.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011.http://bit.ly/9iuTwe
  17. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index stood at 70.2 (1985=100) in March, down from 71.6 in February. bit.ly/c4nk71
  18. New orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased 2.2 percent to $211.8 billion.See the trend here: bit.ly/bXXyjR
  19. The total US industrial production unchanged in February. Manufacturing output rose by 0.3%. See details here: bit.ly/c17WN6
  20. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.4 percent in February.See details here: bsu.edu/mcobwin/ibb/US…