-0.9°
+3.2°
New orders for manufactured durable goods in December decreased $2.4 billion or 0.9 percent to $267.6 billion
+11.9*
+11.7*
Sales of new single-family houses in December 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 811,000. This is 11.9 percent (+/- 20.3%)* above the revised November 2021 estimate of 725,000.
+4.4
+2.0
December 2021 end-of-month inventories were $643.8 billion, up 4.4 percent (+/- 0.2%) from last month.
101.0°
98.0°
The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $101.0 billion in December from $98.0 billion in November as imports increased more than exports.
+2.1
+1.7
December end-of-month inventories were $789.4 billion, up 2.1 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
+1.4*
+8.1*
Privately-owned housing starts in December 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,702,000. This is 1.4 percent (+/- 10.1%)* above the revised November 2021 estimate of 1,678,000.
+1.3
+1.3
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for November 2021 were $2,158.2 billion, up 1.3 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,723.7 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
-1.9
+0.2*
U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2021 were $626.8 billion, a decrease of 1.9 percent (+/-0.5 percent) from the previous month.
-2.8°
-0.3°
Total U.S. Business Applications were 418,380 in December 2021, down 2.8% from November 2021.
+1.4
+2.5
November 2021 sales of merchant wholesalers were $630.8 billion, up 1.3 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $771.1 billion, up 1.4 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
+1.6°
+1.2°
New orders for manufactured goods in November increased $8.4 billion or 1.6 percent to $531.8 billion.
80.2°
67.2°
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $80.2 billion in November from $67.2 billion in October (revised), as imports increased more than exports.
+0.4*
+0.4*
Total construction activity for November 2021 ($1,625.9 billion) was 0.4 percent (+/-1.0 percent)* above the revised October 2021 ($1,618.8 billion).
+3.6
+3.8
The estimate of U.S. selected services total revenue for the third quarter of 2021, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $4,520.8 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2021 and up 15.1 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the third quarter of 2020.
-23.9
+22.4
Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $47.1 billion for the third quarter 2021 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2021), down $23.9 (+/- 1.3) billion from second quarter 2021 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2021).
+5.2
+21.1
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $254.6 billion for the third quarter of 2021, up $5.2 (+/- 1.0) billion from second quarter of 2021.
+65.4
+67.4
The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2021, 65.4 percent, was lower than the rate in the third quarter 2020. The homeownership rates in the South and West were lower than the rates in the third quarter 2020, while the rates in the Northeast and Midwest were not statistically different.
+5.8
+6.4
The rental vacancy rate in the third quarter 2021, 5.8 percent, was lower than the rate in the third quarter 2020. The rates in the Northeast and West were lower than their third quarter 2020 rates. The rates in the Midwest and South were not statistically different from the third quarter 2020 rates.