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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   chart icon CHART

New orders for manufactured goods in May increased $4.1 billion or 1.2 percent to $347.9 billion.

Current

1.2
% change
May 2009

Previous

0.5
% change
April 2009

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  • Released:  July 2, 2009
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Construction Spending   chart icon CHART

Total construction activity for May 2009 ($964.0 billion) was 0.9 percent below the revised April 2009 ($972.5 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending

Current

-0.9
% change
May 2009

Previous

0.6
% change
April 2009

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New Home Sales   chart icon CHART

Sales of new one-family houses in May 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 342,000. This is 0.6% below the revised April 2009 estimate of 344,000.

Current

-0.6
% change
May 2009

Previous

+2.7
% change
April 2009

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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders   chart icon CHART

New orders for manufactured durable goods in May increased $2.8 billion or 1.8 percent to $163.9 billion.

Current

1.8
% change
May 2009

Previous

1.8
% change
April 2009

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Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade   chart icon CHART

After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 1.7 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter 2009 (the 3 months ending Apr. 30, 2009), up 2.0 (+/- 0.1) cents from the after-tax losses average of 0.3 cents for the fourth quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Jan. 31, 2009).

Current

+2.0
cents
1st Qtr. 2009

Previous

-1.9
cents
4th Qtr. 2008

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  • Released:  June 22, 2009
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Housing Starts/Building Permits   chart icon CHART

Privately-owned housing starts in May 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 532,000. This is 17.2 percent above the revised April 2009 estimate of 454,000.

Current

+17.2
% change
May 2009

Previous

-12.9
% change
April 2009

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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining and Trade   chart icon CHART

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 3.2 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter of 2009, up 8.2 (+/- 0.1) cents from the after-tax losses average of 4.9 cents for the fourth quarter of 2008.

Current

+8.2
cents
1st Qtr 2009

Previous

-12.1
cents
4th Qtr 2008

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  • Released:  June 15, 2009
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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales   chart icon CHART

U.S. total business sales for April were $966.8 billion, down 0.3% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,384.7 billion, down 1.1% from last month.

Current

-0.3
% Change in sales
April 2009

Previous

-1.6
% Change in sales
March 2009

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  • Released:  June 11, 2009
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services   chart icon CHART

U.S. retail and food service sales for May reached $340.0 billion, an increase of 0.5 percent from the previous month.

Current

+0.5
% change
May 2009

Previous

-0.2
% change
April 2009

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Quarterly Services Survey   chart icon CHART

U.S. Information sector revenue for the first quarter of 2009, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $275.3 billion, a decrease of 0.9 percent (+/- 0.5) from the fourth quarter of 2008.

Current

0.9
% change
1st Qtr 2009

Previous

-1.6
% change
4th Qtr 2008

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  • Released:  June 10, 2009
  • Next release:  September 9, 2009
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services   chart icon CHART

The Nation's international deficit in goods and services increased to $29.2 billion in April from $28.5 billion (revised) in March, as exports decreased more than imports.

Current

-29.2
$ billion
April 2009

Previous

-28.5
$ billion
March 2009

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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories   chart icon CHART

April 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers were $309.4 billion, down 0.4 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $405.4 billion, down 1.4 percent from last month.

Current

-1.4
% change in Inv
April 2009

Previous

-1.8
% change in Inv
March 2009

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  • Released:  June 9, 2009
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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership   chart icon CHART

Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate (67.3 percent) for the current quarter was lower than the rate in first quarter 2008 (67.8 percent), but not statistically different from the rate in fourth quarter 2008 (67.5 percent).

Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in first quarter 2009 (10.1 percent) was not statistically different from the first quarter 2008 rate (10.1 percent).

Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate in first quarter 2009 (2.7 percent) was lower than the first quarter 2008 rate (2.9 percent).

Current

67.3
percent
1st Qtr 2009
(HR)

Previous

67.8
percent
1st Qtr 2008
(HR)

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  • Released:  April 27, 2009
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