Factors to Analyse Us Stock Index

* (Inflation) US CPI Urban consumer YoY nsa

Base Year 1982-84=100. The CPI represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. User fees (such as water and sewer service) and sales and excise taxes paid by the consumer are also included. Income taxes and investment items (i.e. stocks, bonds, and life insurance) are not included. CPI for urban consumers, includes expenditures by urban wage earners and clerical workers, professional, managerial,and technical workers,the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, retirees and others not in the labor force. This represents about 80% of the total U.S. population.

This calculation uses CPURNSA Index => ((Current Month - Prior value for same month last year)/ Prior value for same month last year ))*100; the value is then rounded to 1 decimal place.

* Nominal GDP

GDP equals the total income of everyone in the economy or the total expenditure on the economy's goods and services. GDP includes only the value of final goods and services. Nominal GDP measures the value of goods and services at current dollar prices. This index tracks the percent change from the same quarter one year ago.

* Bloomberg Crude Oil Historical Price

The Bloomberg Crude Oil History ticker tracks monthly crude prices dating back from 1861. Prices from 1861 to 1950 are taken from BP statistical review. Prices from 1951 to April 1983 are Bloomberg Arabian Gulf Arab Light Crude Spot prices, and prices from May 1983 to current are Bloomberg West Texas Intermediate Cushing Crude Spot price. The Bloomberg Crude Oil History ticker tracks monthly crude prices dating back from 1861. Prices from 1861 to 1950 are taken from BP statistical review. Prices from 1951 to April 1983 are Bloomberg Arabian Gulf Arab Light Crude Spot prices, and prices from May 1983 to current are Bloomberg West Texas Intermediate Cushing Crude Spot price.

* United State Consumer Confidence

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