Discover the U.S. Census Bureau's economic statistics through the 2013 Economic Indicator Webinar Series. Each of the 13 economic indicators in this webinar series will provide an in-depth description of how the critical economic indicator data is collected and how you can access and use these statistics. Sessions include construction, housing, international trade, retail trade and more. Learn how these timely, reliable and comprehensive economic statistics can enhance your business knowledge.
New Residential Construction CHART RSS FeedPrivately-owned housing starts in March 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000. This is 2.8 percent (+/- 14.7%)* above the revised February 2014 estimate of 920,000. |
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+2.8* |
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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales CHART RSS FeedU.S. total business end-of-month inventories for February 2014 were $1,715.6 billion, up 0.4 percent (+/-0.1%) from last month. U.S. total business sales were 1,311.8 billion, up 0.8 percent (+/-0.2%) from last month. |
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+0.4 |
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services CHART RSS FeedU.S. retail and food services sales for March reached $433.9 billion, an increase of 1.1 percent (+/-0.5%) from previous month. |
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+1.1 |
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+0.7 |
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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories CHART RSS FeedFebruary 2014 sales of merchant wholesalers were $436.1 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/-0.4%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $518.3 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/-0.4%) from last month. |
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+0.5 |
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+0.8 |
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services CHART RSS FeedThe Nation's international trade balance in goods and services decreased to -$42.3 billion in February from -$39.3 billion in January (revised), as exports decreased and imports increased. |
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-42.3 |
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-39.3 |
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders CHART RSS FeedNew orders for manufactured goods in February increased $7.5 billion or 1.6** percent to $488.8 billion. |
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1.6** |
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-1.0** |
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Construction Spending CHART RSS FeedTotal construction activity for February 2014 ($945.7 billion) was 0.1 percent (+/-1.3%)* above the revised January 2014 ($944.6 billion). |
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+0.1* |
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-0.2* |
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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders CHART RSS FeedNew orders for manufactured durable goods in February increased $5.0 billion or 2.2** percent to $229.4 billion. |
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+2.2** |
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-1.3** |
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New Residential Sales CHART RSS FeedSales of new single-family houses in February 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 440,000. This is 3.3 percent (+/- 17.9%)* below the revised January 2014 estimate of 455,000. |
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-3.3* |
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+3.2* |
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Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade CHART RSS FeedAfter-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $26.1 billion for the fourth quarter 2013 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2014), up $8.9 (+/- 0.1) billion from third quarter 2013 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2013). |
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+8.9 |
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-3.7 |
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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries CHART RSS FeedManufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $159.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2013, up $8.7 (+/- 0.7) billion from third quarter of 2013. |
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+8.7 |
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+7.8 |
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Quarterly Services Survey CHART RSS FeedU.S. Information sector revenue for the fourth quarter of 2013, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $326.0 billion, an increase of 1.9 percent (+/- 0.6) from the third quarter of 2013. |
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+1.9 |
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+1.7 |
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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership CHART RSS FeedHomeownership Rate (HR)
Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR) |
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65.2 |
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65.4 |
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(*) The 90% confidence interval includes zero. The Census Bureau does not have sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.
(**) Because the survey estimates are not based on a probability sample, we can neither measure the sampling error of these estimates nor compute confidence intervals.