New orders for manufactured goods in December, up four of the last five months, increased $10.0 billion or 1.8 percent to $552.5 billion.
Total construction activity for December 2022 ($1,809.8 billion) was 0.4 percent (+/-0.8 percent)* below the revised November 2022 ($1,817.3 billion).
+5.8*
+5.6
The rental vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2022, 5.8 percent, was not statistically different from the rate in the fourth quarter 2021. The rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from the fourth quarter 2021 rates.
+65.9*
+65.5
The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2022, 65.9 percent, was not statistically different from the rate in the fourth quarter 2021. The rate in the West was higher than the fourth quarter 2021 rate. The rates in the Northeast, Midwest, and South were not statistically different from the fourth quarter 2021 rates.
Sales of new single-family houses in December 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 616,000. This is 2.3 percent (+/- 18.5%)* above the revised November 2022 estimate of 602,000.
December end-of-month inventories were $934.1 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.
The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $90.3 billion in December from $82.9 billion in November as exports decreased and imports increased.
December 2022 end-of-month inventories were $742.2 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.2%) from last month.
New orders for manufactured durable goods in December, up four of the last five months, increased $15.3 billion or 5.6 percent to $286.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today.
Privately-owned housing starts in December 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,382,000. This is 1.4 percent (+/- 16.9%)* below the revised November 2022 estimate of 1,401,000.
+0.4
+0.2
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for November 2022 were $2,476.5 billion, up 0.4 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,838.2 billion, down 0.8 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
-1.1
-1.0
U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2022 were $677.1 billion, down 1.1 percent (+/-0.5 percent) from the previous month.
Total U.S. Business Applications were 417,055 in December 2022, down 0.3% from November 2022.
+1.0
+0.6
November 2022 sales of merchant wholesalers were $693.7 billion, down 0.6 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $933.1 billion, up 1.0 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $61.5 billion in November from $77.8 billion in October (revised), as imports decreased more than exports.
+2.2
+2.3
U.S. selected services total revenue for the third quarter of 2022, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $5,064.2 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2022 and up 9.0 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the third quarter of 2021.
-19.4
+4.9
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $250.2 billion for the third quarter of 2022, down $19.4 (+/- 1.8) billion from second quarter of 2022.
-21.8
+8.2
Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $21.0 billion for the third quarter 2022 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2022), down $21.8 (+/- 0.5) billion from second quarter 2022 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2022).
