by Calculated Risk on 12/03/2017 08:12:00 AM

Here are three tables showing year-to-date performance for three key economic metrics: Employment, Vehicle Sales, and New Home Sales.

Each table shows measurements through the most recent report (October for Employment and New home Sales, and November for Vehicle sales), full year, and percent change from the previous year.

As expected, employment growth has slowed in 2017, vehicle sales are down year-over-year, and new home sales are up.

Note: All data is based on monthly NSA data.  Employment from the BLS, vehicle sales from BEA (with an estimate for November), and new home sales from Census.

Employment Gains (000s)
Year	Through October	Full Year	YoY Change
2010	951	951
2011	1,917	2,077	118.4%
2012	1,931	2,246	8.1%
2013	2,055	2,328	3.7%
2014	2,574	3,035	30.4%
2015	2,318	2,736	-9.9%
2016	1,906	2,095	-23.4%
2017	1,848	NA	-3.0%1
1Year-over-year change for 2017 based on data through October.

Vehicle Sales (000s)
Year	Through November	Full Year	YoY Change
2010	10,415	11,555
2011	11,507	12,742	10.3%
2012	13,090	14,433	13.3%
2013	14,182	15,530	7.6%
2014	14,956	16,452	5.9%
2015	15,766	17,396	5.7%
2016	15,783	17,465	0.4%
2017	15,532	NA	-1.6%1
1Year-over-year change for 2017 based on data through November.

New Home Sales (000s)
Year	Through October	Full Year	YoY Change
2010	279	322
2011	258	305	-5.3%
2012	313	369	21.0%
2013	366	429	16.3%
2014	373	439	2.3%
2015	427	501	14.1%
2016	482	561	12.0%
2017	524	NA	8.7%1
1Year-over-year change for 2017 based on data through October.