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Business Conditions Index Updated

November 6, 2009 — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Real-Time Data Research Center has updated the business conditions index with information on payroll employment for October.

Business Conditions Index Updated

November 5, 2009 — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Real-Time Data Research Center has updated the business conditions index with information on initial jobless claims for the week ending 10/31/2009.

Philadelphia Fed Releases South Jersey Business Survey

November 4, 2009 — The Philadelphia Fed has released the third quarter South Jersey Business Survey. The survey participants, members of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey, are asked about overall changes in business activity in their firms from the previous quarter. They are also asked about their expectations over the next six months.

Business Conditions Index Updated

October 30, 2009 — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Real-Time Data Research Center has updated the business conditions index with information on personal income less transfer payments for September and real manufacturing and trade for August.

Analysis: September Metropolitan Area Employment

October 30, 2009 — The Philadelphia Fed today posted analysis related to September's metropolitan area employment data for Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The data were recently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. External Link

Philadelphia Fed Releases Leading Indexes

October 29, 2009 — The Philadelphia Fed today released September's leading indexes for Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Business Conditions Index Updated

October 29, 2009 — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Real-Time Data Research Center has updated the business conditions index with information on Real GDP for Third Quarter 2009.

Banking Legislation & Policy for Third Quarter 2009

October 28, 2009 — Banking Legislation & Policy summarizes and updates pending banking and financial legislation, regulation, and judicial activity at the federal level and for the Third District states (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware).

Analysis: September Housing Permits Data

October 28, 2009 — The Philadelphia Fed today posted an analysis of data on regional housing permits for September.

Philadelphia Fed Releases Coincident Indexes

October 23, 2009 — September's coincident indexes for the 50 states were released today.

Advisories

Schedule of Economic Releases

Get the schedule for the Bank's economic releases. It includes dates for the release of the Business Conditions Index, the most recent addition to our roster of economic indicators.

FYI

Kansas City: Financial Stress Index

The Kansas City Financial Stress Index was 0.52 in September, down from 0.81 in August. The decline continued the downward trend in the index since its peak in October 2008. For more information about the Kansas City Financial Stress Index, see the report External Link and "Financial Stress: What Is It, How Can it Be Measured, and Why Does it Matter?" External Link PDF Icon (681 KB, 46 pages)

Dallas Fed: Trimmed Mean PCE

The trimmed mean personal consumption expenditures External Link (PCE) inflation rate for September, released by the Dallas Federal Reserve, was an annualized 0.6 percent. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the overall PCE inflation rate for September was 1.4 percent, annualized, while the inflation rate for PCE excluding food and energy was 1.5 percent.

Chicago Fed National Activity Index

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index External Link was -0.81 in September, down from -0.65 in August.

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