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Philadelphia Fed Releases January Leading Indexes

March 19, 2010 — The Philadelphia Fed today released January's leading indexes for Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

Firms Continue to See Signs of Growth

March 18, 2010 — The region's manufacturing sector is continuing to show signs of growth, according to firms polled for this month's Business Outlook Survey. Indexes for general activity, new orders, shipments, and employment all remained positive this month. The general activity index increased from a reading of 17.6 in February to 18.9 this month. In the special questions, the participants were asked about their expectations for changes in production during the second quarter compared to the first quarter. See the press release.

Business Conditions Index Updated

March 18, 2010 — 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 3/13/2010.

FOMC Maintains Target Range for Federal Funds Rate

March 16, 2010 — The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today voted to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate. The range is 0 to 1/4 percent. See the statement.

Philadelphia Fed Releases January Coincident Indexes

March 16, 2010 — January's coincident indexes for the 50 states were released today.

Business Conditions Index Updated

March 15, 2010 — The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Real-Time Data Research Center has updated the business conditions index with information on industrial production for February.

Podcast: Discussion of the Reinventing Older Communities Conference

March 11, 2010 — Dede Myers, vice president and Community Affairs officer, and Karen Black, principal of May 8 Consulting Inc., discuss the agenda for Rethink. Recover. Rebuild: Reinventing Older Communities, the first in a series of podcasts leading up to the May 12-May 14 event.

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 0.26 in December 2009, down from 0.47 in November 2009. The decline followed two months of little change and continued the overall downward trend in the index since its peak in October 2008. For more information about the Kansas City Financial Stress Index, see the report and "Financial Stress: What Is It, How Can It Be Measured, and Why Does It Matter?" (681 KB, 46 pages)

Dallas Fed: Trimmed Mean PCE

The trimmed mean personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation rate for November 2009, released by the Dallas Federal Reserve, was an annualized 0.3 percent. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the overall PCE inflation rate for November was 3 percent, annualized, while the inflation rate for PCE excluding food and energy was 0.1 percent.

Chicago Fed National Activity Index

The Chicago Fed National Activity Index was -0.32 in November, up sharply from -1.02 in October.