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Sept ’12 housing starts were 872,000, up 15.0% from Aug and up 34.8% from Sept ’11

Sept ‘12 building permits were 894,000, up 11.6% from Aug and up 45.1% from Sept ‘11

Aug ‘12 business inventories were $1,601.7b, up 0.6% from July and up 5.3% from Aug ’11

Sept ’12 retail and food services sales ex autos were $337.4b, up 1.1% from Aug and up 4.8% from Sept ’11

Sept ‘12 retail and food services sales were $412.9b, up 1.1% from Aug and up 5.4% from Sept ’11

Aug ‘12 trade deficit rose 4.1% to $44.2b. Exports fell 1.0% to $181.3b. Imports fell 0.1% to $225.5b

Aug ‘12 new orders for manufactured goods fell 5.2% to $452.8b. Shipments fell 0.3% to $476.9b.

Aug ’12 construction spending was $837.1b (annualized), down 0.6% from July ‘12 but up 6.5% from Aug ’11

Aug ’12 new orders for manufactured durable goods fell 13.2% to $198.5b. Ex-trans, new orders down 1.6%

August 2012 new single-family home sales were 373,000, down 0.3% from July, but up 27.7% from August ‘11.

Aug ’12 housing starts were 750,000, up 2.3% from July ‘12 and up 29.1% from Aug ’11

Aug ’12 building permits were 803,000, down 1.0% from July ‘12 but up 24.5% from Aug ’11

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