US Census Bureau

New Residential Sales   CHART  RSS Feed

Sales of new single-family houses in April 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 343,000. This is 3.3 percent (+/- 12.3%)* above the revised March 2012 estimate of 332,000.

New Residential Construction   CHART  RSS Feed

Privately-owned housing starts in April 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000. This is 2.6 percent (+/- 14.8%)* above the revised March 2012 estimate of 699,000.

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales   CHART  RSS Feed

U.S. total business sales for March 2012 were $1,241.0 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/-0.2%) from last month. Month end inventories were $1,580.2 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/-0.1%) from last month.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services   CHART  RSS Feed

U.S. retail and food services sales for April reached $408.0 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent (+/- 0.5%)* from the previous month.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services   CHART  RSS Feed

The Nation’s international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $51.8 billion in March from $45.4 billion (revised) in February, as imports increased more than exports.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories   CHART  RSS Feed

March 2012 sales of merchant wholesalers were $411.1 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/-0.7%)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $480.4 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/-0.4%)* from last month.

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   CHART  RSS Feed

New orders for manufactured goods in March decreased $7.1 billion or 1.5 percent to $460.5 billion.

Construction Spending   CHART  RSS Feed

Total construction activity for March 2012 ($808.1 billion) was 0.1 percent above the revised February 2012 ($807.3 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership   CHART  RSS Feed

Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate in the first quarter 2012 (65.4 percent) was lower than the first quarter 2011 rate (66.4 percent). The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West were lower than the corresponding first quarter 2011 rates.

Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in the first quarter 2012 (8.8 percent) was lower than the first quarter 2011 rate (9.7 percent).

Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate of 2.2 percent in first quarter 2012 was lower than the first quarter 2011 rate (2.6 percent).

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   CHART  RSS Feed

New orders for manufactured durable goods in March decreased $8.8 billion or 4.2 percent to $202.6 billion.

Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade   CHART  RSS Feed

After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 3.1 cents per dollar of sales for the fourth quarter 2011 (the 3 months ending Jan. 31, 2012), up 0.3 cents from the after-tax profits average of 2.8 cents for the third quarter 2011 (the 3 months ending Oct. 31, 2011).

Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries   CHART  RSS Feed

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were 8.9 cents per dollar of sales for the fourth quarter of 2011, down 0.2 cents from the seasonally adjusted after-tax profits average of 9.1 cents for the third quarter of 2011.

Quarterly Services Survey   CHART  RSS Feed

U.S. information sector revenue for the fourth calendar quarter of 2011, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $290.7 billion, an increase of 0.6 percent (+/- 0.9) from the second quarter of 2011.