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Critical to the health of the National and State economies is the ability of consumers to buy the goods and services being offered for sale by businesses. In turn, consumer demand is predicated on the willingness and ability of buyers to make purchases. Signals on consumers’ ability to buy are usually found in the levels, changes from the previous period, and year-to-year changes, of quarterly personal income #1, and quarterly wages and salaries #2, and in the prime rate #4 and conventional mortgage rates #5. Their willingness is reflected in their actual behavior. That is, are they actually making purchases? The most timely indicator that sends a signal about actual consumer behavior, at the state level, is sales tax revenue #3 activity. Seasonally Adjusted / Not Seasonally Adjusted

Personal Income Quarterly Month 2011 2012 Jan 206,828 209,980 Feb 206,828 209,980 Mar 206,828 209,980 Apr 208,204 210,331 May 208,204 210,331 Jun 208,204 210,331 Jul 207,035 210,182 Aug 207,035 210,182 Sep 207,035 210,182 Oct 207,248 219,368 Nov 207,248 219,368 Dec 207,248 219,368

Wages & Salaries Quarterly 2011 2012 97,534 102,278 97,534 102,278 97,534 102,278 99,656 100,224 99,656 100,224 99,656 100,224 99,935 99,917 99,935 99,917 99,935 99,917 97,723 102,220 97,723 102,220 97,723 102,220

Sales Tax Revenue 2011 2012 364.2 492.7 244.9 286.8 247.4 194.3 193.1 403.8 361.1 317.0 286.6 233.5 333.1 456.0 276.6 291.3 302.6 210.0 347.1 410.2 320.1 344.8 255.3 318.0

Prime Interest Rate 2011 2012 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25% 3.25%

Conventional Mortgage Rates 2011 2012 4.76% 3.92% 4.95% 3.89% 4.84% 3.95% 4.84% 3.91% 4.64% 3.80% 4.51% 3.68% 4.55% 3.55% 4.27% 3.60% 4.11% 3.50% 4.07% 3.38% 3.99% 3.35% 3.96% 3.35%

2012 Consumer Scorecard Totals  [(Up/Total)-(Down/Total)] x 100 = Net% Total Up Down NC Net %  5 4 0 1 +80%  5 4 0 1 +80%  5 3 1 1 +40%  5 4 0 1 +80%  5 3 1 1 +40%  5 3 1 1 +40%  5 3 1 1 +40%  5 3 1 1 +40%  5 2 2 1 0%  5 4 0 1 +80%  5 4 0 1 +80%  5 4 0 1 +80%

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