Economic Indicators

As of May 14, 2020

U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Rate (U.S. Department of the Treasury): 1.30% (30-Yr)

U.S. Unemployment Rate (Bureau of Labor Statistics): 14.7% (April 2020), up 234% from 4.4% (March 2020)

Unemployment Claims (U.S. Department of Labor): +36.5 million over the past 8 weeks

Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers (Bureau of Labor Statistics): +0.3% over last 12 months to 256.389 (1982-1984 = 100)

U.S. Retail Sales (U.S. Census Bureau): $434.51 billion (March 2020), down 6.2% from $463.20 billion (February 2020)

Index of Consumer Sentiment (Michigan University): 71.8 (April 2020), down 26.1% from 97.2 (April 2019)

Rental Vacancy Rate (U.S. Census Bureau): 6.6% (Q1 2020), down from 7.0% (Q1 2019)

New Residential Sales (U.S. Census Bureau): 627,000 (March 2020), down 15.4% from 741,000 (February 2020)

New Residential Construction (U.S. Census Bureau): 1,216,000 (March 2020), down 22.2% from 1,564,000 (February 2020)