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Construction Spending   chart icon CHART

Total construction activity for March 2009 ($969.7 billion) was 0.3 percent above the revised February 2009 ($967.1 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending

Current

0.3
% change
March 2009

Previous

-1.0
% change
February 2009

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  • Released:  May 4, 2009
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   chart icon CHART

New orders for manufactured goods in March decreased $3.2 billion or 0.9 percent to $345.3 billion.

Current

-0.9
% change
March 2009

Previous

0.7
% change
February 2009

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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership   chart icon CHART

Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate (67.3 percent) for the current quarter was lower than the rate in first quarter 2008 (67.8 percent), but not statistically different from the rate in fourth quarter 2008 (67.5 percent).

Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in first quarter 2009 (10.1 percent) was not statistically different from the first quarter 2008 rate (10.1 percent).

Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate in first quarter 2009 (2.7 percent) was lower than the first quarter 2008 rate (2.9 percent).

Current

67.3
percent
1st Qtr 2009
(HR)

Previous

67.8
percent
1st Qtr 2008
(HR)

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New Home Sales   chart icon CHART

Sales of new one-family houses in March 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 356,000. This is 0.6% below the revised February 2009 estimate of 358,000.

Current

-0.6
% change
March 2009

Previous

+8.2
% change
February 2009

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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   chart icon CHART

New orders for manufactured durable goods in March decreased $1.3 billion or 0.8 percent to $161.2 billion.

Current

-0.8
% change
March 2009

Previous

2.1
% change
February 2009

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Housing Starts/Building Permits   chart icon CHART

Privately-owned housing starts in March 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 510,000. This is 10.8 percent below the revised February 2009 estimate of 572,000.

Current

-10.8
% change
March 2009

Previous

+17.2
% change
February 2009

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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales   chart icon CHART

U.S. total business sales for February were $994.9 billion, up 0.2% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,421.3 billion, down 1.3% from last month.

Current

0.2
% Change in sales
Feburary 2009

Previous

-1.0
% Change in sales
January 2009

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  • Released:  April 14, 2009
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services   chart icon CHART

U.S. retail and food service sales for March reached $344.4 billion, a decrease of 1.1 percent from the previous month.

Current

-1.1
% change
March 2009

Previous

+0.3
% change
February 2009

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

The Nation's international deficit in goods and services decreased to $26.0 billion in February 2009 from $36.2 billion in January, as exports increased and imports decreased.

Current

-26.0
$ billion
February 2009

Previous

-36.2
$ billion
January 2009

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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories   chart icon CHART

February 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers were $319.7 billion, up 0.6 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $419.3 billion, down 1.5 percent from last month.

Current

-1.5
% change in Inv
February 2009

Previous

-0.9
% change in Inv
January 2009

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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 1.2 cents per dollar of sales for the fourth quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Jan. 31, 2009), down 0.5 (+/- 0.1) cents from the average of 1.6 cents for the third quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Oct. 31, 2008).

Current

-0.5
cents
4th Qtr. 2008

Previous

-0.7
cents
3rd Qtr. 2008

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  • Released:  March 30, 2009
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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining and Trade   chart icon CHART

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax losses averaged 3.3 cents per dollar of sales for the fourth quarter of 2008, down 10.5 (+/- 0.2) cents from the after-tax profits average of 7.2 cents for the third quarter of 2008.

Current

-10.5
cents
4th Qtr 2008

Previous

+1.1
cents
3rd Qtr 2008

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Quarterly Services Survey   chart icon CHART

U.S. Information sector revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $278.9 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent (+/- 0.5) from the third quarter of 2008.

Current

-1.2
% change
4th Qtr 2008

Previous

-0.4
% change
3rd Qtr 2008

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  • Released:  March 11, 2009
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