The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) releases 12 monthly and quarterly Principal Federal Economic Indicators collected by its constituent bureaus: the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Businesses rely heavily upon these indicators to make decisions every day. In their public comments, the Secretary and ESA’s Under Secretary and Chief Economist put the indicators into a national and global economic context.
Sales of new single-family homes were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 288,000 in August 2010, virtually unchanged from July’s revised rate but 28.9 percent below August 2009.
Sales of new single-family houses were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 330,000 in June, the second lowest on record after the revised 267,000 rate in May. June sales were 23.6% above the May rate but 16.7% below their June 2009 level.
Sales of new single-family houses were 32.7% below the revised April 2010 rate and 18.3% below the rate in May 2009.
Sales of new single-family houses were 504,000 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate in April 2010, a 14.8% increase over the revised March rate and a 47.8% increase over the rate in April 2009.
