Business Activity Statistics

Business Activity Statistics

 United States    Date Change Subscribe
Core Retail Sales (Change) 0.1 Apr 2012
Existing Home Sales 4,480 Mar 2012 -2.61 %
FHFA House Price Index (Annual Change) 0.4 Feb 2012
FHFA House Price Index (Change) 0.3 Feb 2012
Housing Starts (Change) -0.3 Oct 2011
Industrial Production (Change) 1.1 Apr 2012
Pending Home Sales Index 101.4 Mar 2012 +4.11 %
Purchasing Manager Index 54.8 Apr 2012 +2.62 %
Refinery Capacity 17,312.0 May 11, 2012 -- 
Refinery Capacity Utilization 88.3 May 11, 2012 +1.90 
Retail Sales (Change) 0.1 Apr 2012
S&P Home Price Index Composite (Annual Change) -3.6 Feb 2012
S&P Home Price Index Composite (Change) -0.8 Feb 2012
S&P Home Price Index Composite 20 (Annual Change) -3.5 Feb 2012
S&P Home Price Index Composite 20 (Change) -0.8 Feb 2012
 Canada    Date Change Subscribe
Core Retail Sales (Change) -1.20 Apr 2010
Housing Starts 245 Apr 2012 +21.78 %
Ivey Purchasing Manager Index 52.7 Apr 2012 -17.01 %
Retail Sales (Change) -2.0 Apr 2010
 United Kingdom    Date Change Subscribe
Index of Production (Change) -0.2 Mar 2012
Retail Sales Index 103.5 Mar 2012 +1.77 %
Retail Sales Index (Annual Change) 1.9 Mar 2012
Retail Sales Index (Monthly Change) 0.8 Mar 2012
 Euro Zone    Date Change Subscribe
Monthly Industrial Production (Change) -0.30 Mar 2012
Monthly Retail Trade (Change) 0.48 Mar 2012
 Switzerland    Date Change Subscribe
Annual Core Retail Sales 6.4 Sep 2008
Annual Retail Sales -2.2 Feb 2012
Industrial Production 144.69 Q4 2011 +0.97 %
SVME PMI 46.9 Apr 2012 -8.22 %
 Japan    Date Change Subscribe
Industrial Production (Change) 1.3 Mar 2012
Retail Trade (Change) -13.1 Jan 2012
Retail Trade Index (Change) -13.0 Jan 2012
 Australia    Date Change Subscribe
Retail Trade (Change) 0.9 Mar 2012
Retail Trade Quarterly (Change) 0.8 Q4 2008
 New Zealand    Date Change Subscribe
Core Retail Trade (Change) 23.84 Dec 2010
Retail Trade (Change) 18.71 Dec 2010
Business Activity indicators vary country by country, but in general are designed to show monthly trends in national business activity. Indicators common to many countries include retail sales (monthly reports tracking the level of consumer spending) and industrial production (reports showing total value of output for factories, mines, utilities, and so on). These indicators are calculated differently by each country, so cannot be used to compare country to country.