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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales   chart icon CHART

U.S. total business sales for July were $1,219.5 billion, up 0.5% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,507.1 billion, up 1.1% from last month.

Current

+0.5
% Change in sales
July 2008

Previous

+1.7
% Change in sales
June 2008

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  • Released:  September 12, 2008
  • Next release:  October 15, 2008
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services   chart icon CHART

U.S. retail and food service sales for August reached $381.2 billion, a decrease of 0.3 percent from the previous month.

Current

-0.3
% change
August 2008

Previous

-0.5
% change
July 2008

  • Released:  September 12, 2008
  • Next release:  October 15, 2008
  • Frequency:  Monthly
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Quarterly Services Survey   chart icon CHART

U.S. Information sector revenue for the second quarter of 2008, not adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday or trading-day differences, or price changes, was $284.9 billion, an increase of 2.5 percent (+/- 0.5) from the first quarter of 2008.

Current

2.5
% change
2nd Qtr 2008

Previous

-4.6
% change
1st Qtr 2008

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  • Released:  September 11, 2008
  • Next release:  December 11, 2008
  • Frequency:  Quarterly
 

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services   chart icon CHART

The Nation's international deficit in goods and services increased to $62.2 billion in July from $58.8 billion (revised) in June, as imports increased more than exports.

Current

-62.2
$ billion
July 2008

Previous

-58.8
$ billion
June 2008

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  • Released:  September 11, 2008
  • Next release:  October 10, 2008
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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories   chart icon CHART

June 2008 sales of merchant wholesalers were $410.6 billion, down 0.3 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $441.3 billion, up 1.4 percent from last month.

Current

1.4
% change in Inv
July 2008

Previous

0.9
% change in Inv
June 2008

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  • Released:  September 9, 2008
  • Next release:  October 9, 2008
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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining and Trade   chart icon CHART

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 6.1 cents per dollar of sales for the second quarter of 2008, down 1.1 (+/- 0.1) cents from the average of 7.2 cents for the first quarter of 2008.

Current

-1.1
cents
2nd Qtr 2008

Previous

-0.3
cents
1st Qtr 2008

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  • Released:  September 8, 2008
  • Next release:  December 8, 2008
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   chart icon CHART

New orders for manufactured goods in July increased $5.9 billion or 1.3 percent to $465.4 billion.

Current

1.3
% change
July 2008

Previous

2.1
% change
June 2008

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  • Released:  September 3, 2008
  • Next release:  October 2, 2008
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Construction Spending   chart icon CHART

Total construction activity for July 2008 ($1,084.4 billion) was 0.6 percent below the revised June 2008 ($1,091.3 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending

Current

-0.6
% change
July 2008

Previous

0.3
% change
June 2008

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  • Released:  September 2, 2008
  • Next release:  October 1, 2008
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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   chart icon CHART

New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $2.9 billion or 1.3 percent to $219.3 billion.

Current

1.3
% change
July 2008

Previous

1.3
% change
June 2008

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  • Released:  August 27, 2008
  • Next release:  September 25, 2008
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New Home Sales   chart icon CHART

Sales of new one-family houses in July 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 515,000. This is 2.4% above the revised June 2008 figure of 503,000.

Current

+2.4
% change
July 2008

Previous

-2.1
% change
June 2008

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  • Released:  August 26, 2008
  • Next release:  September 25, 2008
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Housing Starts/Building Permits   chart icon CHART

Privately-owned housing starts in July 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 965,000. This is 11.0 percent below the revised June 2008 estimate of 1,084,000.

Current

-11.0
% change
July 2008

Previous

+10.4
% change
June 2008

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  • Released:  August 19, 2008
  • Next release:  September 17, 2008
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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership   chart icon CHART

Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate at 68.1 percent for the current quarter was not statistically different from the second quarter 2007 rate (68.2 percent) or the rate last quarter (67.8 percent).

Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
National vacancy rates in the second quarter 2008 were 10.0 percent for rental housing, which was higher than the second quarter rate last year (9.5 percent), but was not statistically different from the rate last quarter (10.1 percent).

Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
For homeowner vacancies, the current rate (2.8 percent) was not statistically different from the second quarter 2007 rate (2.6 percent) or the rate last quarter (2.9 percent).

Current

68.1
percent
2nd Qtr 2008
(HR)

Previous

68.2
percent
2nd Qtr 2007
(HR)

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  • Released:  July 24, 2008
  • Next release:  October 28, 2008
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Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade   chart icon CHART

After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 2.2 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter 2008, down 1.0 cents from the average of 3.2 cents for the fourth quarter 2007.

Current

-1.0
cents
1st Qtr. 2008

Previous

+0.6
cents
4th Qtr. 2007

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  • Released:  July 9, 2008
  • Next release:  October 8, 2008
  • Frequency:  Quarterly
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