Today is Saturday, July 4, 2009On Friday, July 3, 2009 the stock markets closed at:
DJIA: 8280.74 -223.32Nasdaq: 1796.52 -49.20S&P 500: 896.43 -26.90Average Primary Mortgage Market Interest Rates
Week ending Thursday February 5, 2009
30 Year Fixed: 5.10%
15 Year Fixed: 4.80%
5/1 Year Adjustable: 5.27%
1 Year Adjustable: 4.90%
Daily Treasury Yield Curve Rates
Thursday, July 2, 2009
1 month: 0.15%
3 month: 0.17%
6 month: 0.32%
1 year: 0.49%
2 year: 0.98%
3 year: 1.52%
5 year: 2.43%
7 year: 3.14%
10 year: 3.51%
20 year: 4.28%
30 year: 4.32%
Income and Hourly Earnings Data
June 2009
Average Hourly Earnings unchanged
Personal Income -0.2% November 2008
Initial Unemployment Claims
June 27, 2009
Initial Claims 614,000
Four-week average 615,250
Employment, Unemployment Rate, and Labor Force Data
June 2009
Unemployment Rate 9.5%
Payroll Employment -467,000(p)
Change in Unemployment Level +508,000 January 2009
Change in Employment Level -1,239,000 January 2009
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level -731,000 January 2009
Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate 65.5% January 2009
Annual Averages for 2008
Unemployment Rate 5.8%
Unemployment Level 8,924,000
Job Openings and Labor Turnover
November 2008
Latest Job Openings Level 2,793,000(p)
Latest Hires Rate 2.6%(p)
Latest Turnover Rate 3.2%(p)
Mass Layoffs
December 2008
Total Mass Layoff Events 2,275
Change in Total Mass Layoff Events -58
Total Mass Layoff Initial Claimants 226,117
Change in Total Mass Layoff Initial Claimants +478
Consumer, Producer, Employer and Import Inflation Data
May 2009
CPI +0.1%
PPI +0.2%(p)
ECI +0.3% 1st Qtr of 2009
U.S. Import Price Index +1.3%
Gross Domestic Product
Real GDP -6.2%
Productivity Data
4th Qtr of 2008
Output per Hour +3.2%
Hourly Compensation +5.0%
Unit Labor Costs +1.8%
Output -5.5%
Hours of All Persons -8.4%
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