Employment

• Employment Situation Report – Unemployment rate at 7.5%, +165k payrolls in April 2013.
• Jobless Claims – Initial jobless claims at 360k for the week ending May 11, 2013.
• State Employment – The unemployment rate is up Y/Y in 7 states in April 2013.
• ADP Employment – ADP projects +119k payrolls added in April 2013.
• Employment Cost Index – Total compensation +0.3% in Q1 2013.

Productivity

• Gross Domestic Product – Real GDP grew at a SAAR of +2.5% in Q1 2013.
• Treasury Statement – Rolling 12 month government deficit is $858.6 billion in April 2013.
• International Trade – Monthly trade deficit at $38.8 billion in March 2013.
• Productivity and Costs – Labor productivity +0.7% SAAR, unit labor costs +0.5% SAAR in Q1 2013.
• ISM Non-Manufacturing – PMI reading at 53.1 in April 2013.
• Chicago Fed National Activity Index – CFNAI at -0.53 in April 2013.
• Chicago PMI – Business barometer at 49.0 in April 2013.

Inflation

• Consumer Price Index – Headline CPI -0.4%, core CPI +0.1%, 12 months at +1.1% in April 2013.
• Producer Price Index – Headline PPI -0.7%, core PPI +0.1%, 12 months at 0.6% in April 2013.

Housing/Construction

• New Home Sales – New home sales at a SAAR of 417k in March 2013.
• Housing Starts – Housing starts were at a SAAR of 853k in April 2013.
• S&P Case-Shiller House Price Index – House prices +9.3% Y/Y in February 2013.
• Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index – House prices +0.7% in February 2013.
• Construction Spending – Construction spending -1.7% in March 2013.

Consumer Spending

• Consumer Credit – Consumer credit at $2.8075 trillion in March 2013.
• Personal Income and Outlays – Real DPI +0.3%, Real PCE +0.3% in March 2013.

Retail

• Retail Sales – Retail sales +0.1% M/M, +3.4% Y/Y in April 2013.
• Store Sales – Store sales  +1.2% Y/Y and +2.8% Y/Y in week ending May 11, 2013.

Consumer – Confidence

• Conference Board Consumer Confidence – Consumer confidence at 68.1 in April 2013.
• University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment – Consumer sentiment at 83.7 in May 2013.

Manufacturing Surveys

• ISM Manufacturing – PMI at 50.7 in April 2013.
• New York Fed Empire State Manufacturing Index – Manufacturing survey at -1.43 in May 2013.
• Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey – Diffusion index at -5.2 in May 2013.
• Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index – Composite manufacturing index at -5 in April 2013.
• Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index – Manufacturing activity at -6 in April 2013.
• Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey – Index at -15.6 in April 2013.

Manufacturing Production

• Durable Goods Orders – New orders for durable goods +5.7% in February 2013.
• Factory Orders – Factory orders -4.0% in March 2013.
• Industrial Production – Industrial production +0.5% in April 2013.
• Business Inventories – Inventories-to-sales ratio at 1.29 in March 2013.

Transportation

• Vehicle Miles Driven – Total miles driven -1.4% Y/Y in February 2013.
• Motor Vehicle Sales – Light weight vehicle sales were at a SAAR of 14.92 million in April 2013.
• Gasoline Prices – Regular gas at $3.680 per gallon in week ending March 25, 2013.