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Summary Table - Key Indicators
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| Year and month | Employment | Unemployment | Composite leading index | Housing starts | Consumer price index | Real gross domestic product | Retail sales volume | Merchandise exports | Merchandise imports |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| V2062811 | V2062815 | V7688 | V730390 | V41690914 | V41881175 | V21645485 | V191490 | V183406 | |
| percentage change | rate | percentage change | (000s) | percentage change | |||||
| 2007 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 4.8 | 228 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| 2008 | 1.5 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 211 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 6.7 |
| October 2007 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 0.0 | 226 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.5 | -1.4 | -4.1 |
| November 2007 | 0.3 | 5.9 | -0.1 | 237 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 2.1 |
| December 2007 | 0.0 | 5.9 | -0.3 | 190 | 0.4 | -0.5 | 1.0 | -4.1 | 1.2 |
| January 2008 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 217 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
| February 2008 | 0.2 | 5.9 | -0.2 | 249 | 0.1 | -0.3 | -0.9 | 3.9 | -1.2 |
| March 2008 | 0.0 | 6.1 | -0.1 | 241 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | -1.8 |
| April 2008 | 0.1 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 217 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 |
| May 2008 | 0.0 | 6.1 | 0.4 | 223 | 0.8 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 4.6 | 3.2 |
| June 2008 | 0.0 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 213 | 0.7 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| July 2008 | -0.3 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 192 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.2 |
| August 2008 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 218 | 0.0 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -3.8 | -5.1 |
| September 2008 | 0.5 | 6.2 | -0.2 | 214 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -1.4 | 1.6 |
| October 2008 | 0.0 | 6.3 | -0.6 | 209 | -0.6 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
| November 2008 | -0.4 | 6.4 | -0.6 | 173 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -1.5 | -7.1 | -2.2 |
| December 2008 | -0.1 | 6.6 | -1.0 | 172 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -3.6 | -10.7 | -6.4 |
| January 2009 | -0.8 | 7.2 | -1.1 | 144 | -0.1 | -0.7 | 1.9 | -10.4 | -9.7 |
| February 2009 | -0.5 | 7.7 | -1.4 | 128 | 0.4 | -0.2 | -0.4 | 6.2 | 0.9 |
| March 2009 | -0.4 | 8.0 | -1.4 | 146 | -0.2 | -0.5 | 0.7 | -2.0 | -3.5 |
| April 2009 | 0.2 | 8.0 | -0.9 | 118 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -7.5 | -2.5 |
| May 2009 | -0.2 | 8.4 | -0.1 | 127 | 0.2 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -6.6 | -3.1 |
| June 2009 | 0.0 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 138 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| July 2009 | -0.3 | 8.6 | 0.6 | 138 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 4.6 | 9.4 |
| August 2009 | 0.2 | 8.7 | 1.2 | 155 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.4 | -5.1 | -2.8 |
| September 2009 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 149 | 0.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| October 2009 | -0.3 | 8.6 | .. | 157 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
