PPI (finished goods) CPI-U (All urban consumers, all items) http://stats.bls.gov:80/eag.table.html WSJ around mid month Wheat & Cattle Kansas Ag Statistics, "Agricultural Prices" http://www.nass.usda.gov/ks/ Stocks Wichita Eagle Kansas 100, Sunday before last Monday of month New Housing Units Authorized in KS (state, not metro; total res, not single fam) http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/const/www/C40/table2.html#monthly Bur of Census, Constr Div, Bldg Permits (statistician) (301) 457-1321 Initial Claims for Unemployment Average Weekly Hours in Manufacturing http://laborstats.hr.state.ks.us/pr.htm KS Labor Mkt Info (785) 296-5058 Steve McAtee, David McGee, or Pat Bruce M2 (money supply, monthly, seasonally adjusted) WSJ first Friday after 10th (Federal Reserve data) KC Fed (800) 333-1010 (research librarian Lou Dayrit X2361) Cheryl May: phone 2-6415, fax 2-6418, email news@ksu.ksu.edu Mark Willard 1988 thesis BLS (816) 426-2481 Commerce Dept, Econ Affairs (202) 377-3727