Privately-owned housing starts in November 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,547,000. This is 1.2 percent (+/- 8.6%)* above the revised October 2020 estimate of 1,528,000.

U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for October 2020 were $1,948.7 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,482.3 billion, up 0.9 percent (+/-0.1 percent) from last month.

U.S. retail and food services sales for November 2020 were $546.5 billion, a decrease of 1.1 percent (+/-0.5%) from the previous month.

The estimate of U.S. selected services total revenue for the third quarter of 2020, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $3,929.9 billion, an increase of 7.8 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2020 and down 3.9 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from the third quarter of 2019.

October 2020 sales of merchant wholesalers were $496.6 billion, up 1.8 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $649.0 billion, up 1.1 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.

Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $43.5 billion for the third quarter 2020 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2020), up $4.7 (+/- 0.2) billion from second quarter 2020 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2020).

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $148.4 billion for the third quarter of 2020, up $100.3 (+/- 0.8) billion from second quarter of 2020.

New orders for manufactured goods in October increased $4.9 billion or 1.0 percent to $480.8 billion.

The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $63.1 billion in October from $62.1 billion in September (revised), as imports increased more than exports.

Total construction activity for October 2020 ($1,438.5 billion) was 1.3 percent (+/-1.0 percent) above the revised September 2020 ($1,420.4 billion).

Sales of new single-family houses in October 2020 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 999,000. This is 0.3 percent (+/- 13.6%)* below the revised September 2020 estimate of 1,002,000.

October end-of-month inventories were $646.2 billion, up 0.9 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.

The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $80.3 billion in October from $79.4 billion in September as imports increased more than exports.

New orders for manufactured durable goods in October increased $3.0 billion or 1.3 percent to $240.8 billion.

October 2020 end-of-month inventories were $612.2 billion, up 0.8 percent (+/- 0.2%) from last month.

The rental vacancy rate in the third quarter 2020, 6.4 percent, was lower than the rate in the third quarter 2019. The rental vacancy rate in the South was lower than the third quarter 2019 rate. The rental vacancy rates in the Northeast, Midwest, and West were not statistically different from the third quarter 2019 rates.

The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2020, 67.4 percent, was higher than the rate in the third quarter 2019. The homeownership rates in the Midwest, South, and West were higher than the third quarter 2019 rates. The homeownership rate in the Northeast was not statistically different from the third quarter 2019 rate.

Total U.S. Business Applications were 1,566,373 in the third quarter of 2020, up 77.4% from second quarter 2020.