Shipments of manufactured durable goods in March, up ten of the last eleven months, increased $3.3 billion or 1.2 percent to $274.2 billion.
After over a 60% decline in shipments of Motor Vehicles and Parts early in the pandemic, shipments of Motor Vehicles and Parts were up 11% in nominal terms since January 2020.
Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft shipments were up 22% over the same period.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Percent of people aged 15+ who have a credit card in 2017 by country. The average for 2017 based on 142 countries was 19.28 percent. The highest value was in Canada: 82.58 percent and the lowest value was in Turkmenistan: 0 percent.
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Source: World Bank
In real terms, Average Hourly Earnings relatively high compared to the last 20 years.
In real terms, Average Hourly Earnings have been trending up since the mid-90's.
In January 2021, the Labor Force Participation Rate was 1.7% below it's December 2019 level.
The Labor Force Participation Rate for women was 1.7% below it's December 2019 level, but was still down 1.9% for men.
The labor force participation rate remains 1.2 percentage points below February 2020
Average Annual Unemployment Rate
2021's average annual unemployment rate was 5.4%, 2.7 percentage points lower than the previous year but still the second highest since 2015.
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The US economy added 6.7 million jobs in 2021 after losing 9.3 million jobs in 2020.
All Employees, Total Nonfarm Change y-o-y
Change from preceding December, thousands of persons, non-farm.
Real GDP grew 5.7% in 2021 after decreasing 3.4% in 2020.
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