1. Manufacturer Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

2. Cass Information Systems – Freight Index
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
2006 - 01
2006 - 04
2006 - 07
2006 - 10
2007 - 01
2007 - 04
2007 - 07
2007 - 10
2008 - 01
2008 - 04
2008 - 07
2008 - 10
2009 - 01
2009 - 04
2009 - 07
2009 - 10
2010 - 01
2010 - 04
2010 - 07
Expenditures Shipments
From the Cass Information Systems Website
“The index uses January 1990 as its base month. The index is updated with monthly freight expenditures
and shipment volumes from the entire Cass data base. The monthly volumes represent the month the
transactions are processed by Cass, not the month the actual shipment took place. The January 1990 base
point is 1.00 or 100%. The subsequent months index represents the shipping volumes of the participating
shippers compared to their January 1990 volumes. “
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

3. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

4. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

5. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

6. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

7. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

8. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

9. Euros to Single U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate
The Lower this Line
the Lower the Dollar’s
Value Compared to the
Euro.
As the Dollar Declines,
U.S. Goods are Cheaper
for Europeans &
European Goods are
More Expensive for U.S.
Consumers.
Source: OANDA
http://www.oanda.com/
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com

10. U.S. Unemployment Rate
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LNS14000000
Data Prepared by Michael Hudson
Michael.Lane.Hudson@Gmail.com www.michaelhudson.typepad.com