by Calculated Risk on 12/03/2018 03:33:00 PM

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), full year, and percent change from the previous year.

Employment growth has picked up in 2017 and will likely be the 3rd best year since the great recession.  Vehicle sales are mostly moving sideways year-over-year at a high level, and new home sales are up slightly.

Note: All data is based on monthly NSA data.  Employment from the BLS, vehicle sales from BEA, and new home sales from Census.

Employment Gains (000s)
Year	Through October	Full Year	YoY Change
2010	851	1053
2011	1744	2090	98.5%
2012	1778	2151	2.9%
2013	1987	2301	7.0%
2014	2447	3005	30.6%
2015	2214	2712	-9.8%
2016	1992	2344	-13.6%
2017	1797	2188	-6.7%
2018	2125	NA	18.3%1
1Year-over-year change for 2018 based on data through October.

Vehicle Sales (000s)
Year	Through October	Full Year	YoY Change
2010	9,545	11,555
2011	10,505	12,742	10.3%
2012	11,946	14,433	13.3%
2013	12,939	15,530	7.6%
2014	13,662	16,452	5.9%
2015	14,443	17,396	5.7%
2016	14,414	17,465	0.4%
2017	14,151	17,135	-1.9%
2018	14,205	NA	0.4%1
1Year-over-year change for 2018 based on data through October.

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	518	613	9.3%
2018	533	NA	2.9%1
1Year-over-year change for 2018 based on data through October.