U.S. total business sales for November were $1,057.0 billion, down 5.1% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,485.1 billion, down 0.7% from last month.
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November 2008
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U.S. retail and food service sales for November reached $343.2 billion, a decrease of 2.7 percent from the previous month.
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December 2008
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The Nation's international deficit in goods and services decreased to $40.4 billion in November from $56.7 billion (revised) in October, as imports decreased more than exports.
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November 2008 sales of merchant wholesalers were $349.2 billion, down 7.1 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $435.0 billion, down 0.6 percent from last month.
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-0.6
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November 2008
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October 2008
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After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 1.6 cents per dollar of sales for the third quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Oct. 31, 2008), down 0.7 (+/- 0.1) cents from the average of 2.3 cents for the second quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Jul. 31, 2008).
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New orders for manufactured goods in November decreased $18.7 billion or 4.6 percent to $384.6 billion.
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November 2008
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October 2008
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Total construction activity for November 2008 ($1,078.4 billion) was 0.6 percent below the revised October 2008 ($1,085.3 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending
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November 2008
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in November decreased $1.8 billion or 1.0 percent to $186.9 billion.
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November 2008
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October 2008
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Sales of new one-family houses in November 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 407,000. This is 2.9% below the revised October 2008 estimate of 419,000.
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November 2008
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Privately-owned housing starts in November 2008 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 625,000. This is 18.9 percent below the revised October 2008 estimate of 771,000.
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November 2008
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U.S. Information sector revenue for the third quarter of 2008, not adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday or trading-day differences, or price changes, was $283.8 billion, an decrease of 0.2 percent (+/- 0.5) from the second quarter of 2008.
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3rd Qtr 2008
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Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 7.5 cents per dollar of sales for the third quarter of 2008, up 1.4 (+/- 0.1) cents from the average of 6.1 cents for the second quarter of 2008.
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Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2008 (67.9 percent) was not statistically differerent than the third quarter 2007 rate (68.2 percent). The homeownership rate in Northeast was lower than the corresponding rate a year ago, while rates in the other regions did not change significantly.
Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in third quarter 2008 (9.9 percent) was not statistically different from the third quarter 2007 rate (9.9 percent).
Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate in third quarter 2008 (2.8 percent) was not statistically different from the third quarter 2007 rate (2.7 percent).
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67.9
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3rd Qtr 2008 (HR)
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68.2
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