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90.2°
The advance international trade deficit in goods decreased to $87.3 billion in August from $90.2 billion in July as imports decreased more than exports.
+1.4
+1.1
August 2022 end-of-month inventories were $741.0 billion, up 1.4 percent (+/- 0.2%) from last month.
+1.3
+0.6
August end-of-month inventories were $913.1 billion, up 1.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
+28.8
-8.6*
Sales of new single-family houses in August 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 685,000. This is 28.8 percent (+/- 18.3%) above the revised July 2022 estimate of 532,000.
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-0.1°
New orders for manufactured durable goods in August, down two consecutive months, decreased $0.6 billion or 0.2 percent to $272.7 billion.
+12.2*
-10.9
Privately-owned housing starts in August 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,575,000. This is 12.2 percent (+/- 14.9%)* above the revised July 2022 estimate of 1,404,000.
+0.3*
-0.4
U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2022 were $683.3 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/-0.5 percent)* from the previous month.
+0.6
+1.4
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for July 2022 were $2,434.3 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,839.5 billion, down 0.9 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
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+3.8°
Total U.S. Business Applications were 421,503 in August 2022, down 1.0% from July 2022.
+0.6
+1.8
July 2022 sales of merchant wholesalers were $698.0 billion, down 1.4 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $900.7 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
+2.2
+1.6
U.S. selected services total revenue for the second quarter of 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $4,951.0 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the first quarter of 2022 and up 10.3 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2021.
+9.2
-1.2
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $275.5 billion for the second quarter of 2022, up $9.2 (+/- 1.5) billion from first quarter of 2022.
+8.9
-24.0
Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $43.5 billion for the second quarter 2022 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2022), up $8.9 (+/- 0.3) billion from first quarter 2022 (the 3 months ending April 30, 2022).
70.6°
80.9°
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $70.6 billion in July from $80.9 billion in June (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.
-1.0°
+1.8°
New orders for manufactured goods in July decreased $5.7 billion or 1.0 percent to $548.5 billion.
-0.4*
-0.5*
Total construction activity for July 2022 ($1,777.3 billion) was 0.4 percent (+/-0.8 percent)* below the revised June 2022 ($1,784.3 billion).
+65.8*
+65.4
The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2022, 65.8 percent, was not statistically different from the rate in the second quarter 2021. The rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from the second quarter 2021 rates.
+5.6
+6.2
The rental vacancy rate in the second quarter 2022, 5.6 percent, was lower than the rate in the second quarter 2021. The rate in the Northeast was lower than the second quarter 2021 rate. The rates in the Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from the second quarter 2021 rates.