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.
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+0.5
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July 2008
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June 2008
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U.S. retail and food service sales for August reached $381.2 billion, a decrease of 0.3 percent from the previous month.
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August 2008
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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.
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2.5
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2nd Qtr 2008
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1st Qtr 2008
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- Released: September 11, 2008
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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.
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July 2008
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June 2008
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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.
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Current
1.4
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July 2008
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0.9
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June 2008
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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.
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-1.1
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2nd Qtr 2008
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New orders for manufactured goods in July increased $5.9 billion or 1.3 percent to $465.4 billion.
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1.3
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July 2008
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2.1
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June 2008
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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
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July 2008
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June 2008
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $2.9 billion or 1.3 percent to $219.3 billion.
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Current
1.3
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July 2008
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June 2008
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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.
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July 2008
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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.
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-11.0
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July 2008
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June 2008
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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).
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Current
68.1
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2nd Qtr 2008 (HR)
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68.2
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2nd Qtr 2007 (HR)
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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.
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Current
-1.0
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1st Qtr. 2008
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Previous
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4th Qtr. 2007
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