Initial claims for unemployment insurance
Manufacturers’ new order (consumer goods and materials industries)
Fraction of companies reporting slower deliveries diffusion index
New order for non-defense capital goods
New private housing units authorized by local building permits
Yield curve slope: 10-year Treasury minus federal funds rate
Stock prices, 500 common stocks
Money supply (2M) growth rate
Index of consumer expectations
Coincident indicators
Employees on nonagricultural payrolls
Personal income less transfer payments
Industrial production
Manufacturing and trade sales
Lagging indicators
Average duration of unemployment
Ratio of trade inventories to sales
Change in index of labor cost per unit of output
Average prime rate charged by banks
Commercial and industrial loans outstanding
Ratio of consumer installment credit outstanding to personal income
Change in consumer price index for services
Manufacturing