1. Larry DeBoer Purdue University August 2011

4. Real GDP Growth

6. Real Consumption Spending Growth

7. Index of Consumer Sentiment 63.7 July ‘11

8. Auto and Light Truck Sales (annual basis)

10. Real Investment Spending Growth

11. Residential Building Permits

12. Real House Price Index

14. Real Government Purchases Growth

15. Federal Budget Balance as Percent of GDP

16. Federal Government Debt as Percent of GDP

17. Deficit, $1,294 38% Federal Budget, 2010

19. Real Export and Import Spending Growth Imports Trade Balance Exports

20. Exchange Rates, Euro and Yuan per Dollar China Yuan Euro

21. Inflation in China

23. Unemployment Rate

24. Payroll Employment, Total and Private Total Private

25. CPI Inflation, All Items and Core Core (less food and energy) All Items

26. Crude Oil Price, Nominal and Real Real Nominal

28. Ben Bernanke, Fed Chair “To promote the ongoing economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent. The Committee currently anticipates that economic conditions--including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run--are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through mid-2013.” FOMC, August 9, 2011 Voting against the action were: Richard W. Fisher, Narayana Kocherlakota, and Charles I. Plosser....

29. Federal Funds Interest Rates

30. Monetary Base and Money Supply Monetary Base Money Supply

31. Corporate Bond Yields, AAA and BAA BAA AAA