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MAY 2008

• Published Issue (8.5x11)

• Published Issue (11x17, booklet format)
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• Issue Updated Through 05-09-2008

• Cover Page (PDF 125k)
  "Boom & Gloom in Housing Markets: The Sequel "
  by Carlos Garriga

• Table of Contents

• Page 3 -- Economy at a Glance

• Output and Growth
  

• Page 4 -- Long-run View

• Page 5 -- Short-run View

• Page 6 -- Contributions of Components to GDP Growth

• Page 7 -- Interest Rates and Equity Market Performance

• Inflation and Prices
  

• Page 8 -- Long-run View

• Page 9 -- Short-run View

• Labor Markets
  

• Page 10 -- Long-run View

• Page 11 -- Short-run View

• Consumer Spending
  

• Page 12 -- Long-run View

• Page 13 -- Short-run View

• Investment Spending
  

• Page 14 -- Long-run View

• Page 15 -- Short-run View

• Government Revenues, Spending, and Debt
  

• Page 16 -- Receipts and Outlays

• Page 17 -- Debt and Budgets

• International Trade
  

• Page 18 -- Exchange Rates and Trade

• Page 19 -- More Trade, International Growth Comparisons

• Productivity and Profits
  

• Page 20 -- Productivity, Capacity Utilization, and Compensation

• Page 21 -- Productivity, Shares of National Income, and Profits

• Quick Reference Tables
  

• Page 22 -- GDP, Final Sales, Private Inventories, Consumption, and Investment

• Page 23 -- GDP Price Index, Employment Cost Index, Trade, Productivity, and Compensation

• Page 24 -- Employment and Nonfarm Aggregate Hours

• Page 25 -- Unemployment Rate, Retail and Food Services Sales, Industrial Production, and Treasury Yields

• Page 26 -- CPI and PPI

• Notes and Sources

Most data series used in this publication are maintained on our FRED® database.