The June 2012 international trade deficit declined 10.7 percent from May, to $42.9 billion. Exports rose 0.9 percent, to $185.0 billion, and imports declined 1.5 percent, to $227.9 billion.
June 2012 new orders for manufactured goods decreased 0.5 percent to $465.8 billion. Shipments fell 1.1 percent to $469.9 billion. Unfilled orders increased 0.3 percent to $988.1 billion and inventories increased 0.1 percent to $605.4 billion.
Construction spending in June 2012 was $842.1 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, up 0.4 percent from the revised May 2012 estimate and up 7.0 percent from June 2011.
New orders for manufactured durable goods in June 2012 increased 1.6 percent, to $221.6 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders fell 1.1 percent. Overall shipments increased 0.1 percent, while capital goods shipments rose 0.8 percent. Unfilled orders rose 0.4 percent and inventories increased 0.3 percent in June.
Sales of new single-family homes in June 2012 were 350,000 at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate, down 8.4 percent from May’s revised rate but up 15.1 percent from June 2011.
