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
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March 2009
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New orders for manufactured goods in March decreased $3.2 billion or 0.9 percent to $345.3 billion.
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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).
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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.
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in March decreased $1.3 billion or 0.8 percent to $161.2 billion.
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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.
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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.
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U.S. retail and food service sales for March reached $344.4 billion, a decrease of 1.1 percent from the previous month.
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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.
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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.
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February 2009
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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).
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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.
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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.
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