Business Activity Statistics

Business Activity Statistics

 United States    Date Change Subscribe
Core Retail Sales (Change) -0.1 Apr 2013
Existing Home Sales 4,370 Jun 2012 -5.41 %
FHFA House Price Index (Annual Change) 7.1 Feb 2013
FHFA House Price Index (Change) 0.7 Feb 2013
Housing Starts (Change) -0.3 Oct 2011
Industrial Production (Change) -0.5 Apr 2013
Pending Home Sales Index 99.3 Jun 2012 -1.39 %
Purchasing Manager Index 49.7 Jun 2012 -7.10 %
Refinery Capacity 17,810.0 May 10, 2013 -- 
Refinery Capacity Utilization 88.0 May 10, 2013 +1.00 
Retail Sales (Change) 0.1 Apr 2013
S&P Home Price Index Composite (Annual Change) 8.6 Feb 2013
S&P Home Price Index Composite (Change) 0.4 Feb 2013
S&P Home Price Index Composite 20 (Annual Change) 9.3 Feb 2013
S&P Home Price Index Composite 20 (Change) 0.3 Feb 2013
 Canada    Date Change Subscribe
Core Retail Sales (Change) -1.20 Apr 2010
Housing Starts 198 Dec 2012 +0.94 %
Ivey Purchasing Manager Index 52.2 Apr 2013 -15.26 %
Retail Sales (Change) -2.0 Apr 2010
 United Kingdom    Date Change Subscribe
Index of Production (Change) 0.7 Mar 2013
Retail Sales Index 101.8 Mar 2013 -0.68 %
Retail Sales Index (Annual Change) 0.4 Mar 2013
Retail Sales Index (Monthly Change) 0.4 Mar 2013
 Euro Zone    Date Change Subscribe
Monthly Industrial Production (Change) 0.44 Feb 2013
Monthly Retail Trade (Change) -0.34 Feb 2013
 Switzerland    Date Change Subscribe
Annual Core Retail Sales 6.4 Sep 2008
Annual Retail Sales 0.7 Feb 2013
Industrial Production 144.69 Q4 2011 +0.97 %
SVME PMI 50.2 Apr 2013 +3.93 %
 Japan    Date Change Subscribe
Industrial Production (Change) 0.9 Mar 2013
Retail Trade (Change) -13.1 Jan 2012
Retail Trade Index (Change) -13.0 Jan 2012
 Australia    Date Change Subscribe
Retail Trade (Change) -0.4 Mar 2013
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.