+0.6
+1.2
July 2021 sales of merchant wholesalers were $601.3 billion, up 2.0 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $722.4 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
-4.7°
+0.6°
Total U.S. Business Applications were 427,842 in August 2021, down 4.7% from July 2021.
+3.9
+2.5
The estimate of U.S. selected services total revenue for the second quarter of 2021, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $4,366.4 billion, an increase of 3.9 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the first quarter of 2021 and up 20.1 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the second quarter of 2020.
+23.3
+14.7
Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $71.4 billion for the second quarter 2021 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2021), up $23.3 (+/- 0.6) billion from first quarter 2021 (the 3 months ending April 30, 2021).
+26.9
+89.4
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $255.2 billion for the second quarter of 2021, up $26.9 (+/- 0.8) billion from first quarter of 2021.
+0.4°
+1.5°
New orders for manufactured goods in July increased $1.9 billion or 0.4 percent to $508.1 billion.
70.1°
73.2°
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $70.1 billion in July from $73.2 billion in June (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.
+0.3*
-0.0*
Total construction activity for July 2021 ($1,568.8 billion) was 0.3 percent (+/-1.2 percent)* above the revised June 2021 ($1,563.4 billion).
86.4°
92.1°
The advance international trade deficit in goods decreased to $86.4 billion in July from $92.1 billion in June as exports increased and imports decreased.
+0.4
+0.5
July 2021 end-of-month inventories were $603.2 billion, up 0.4 percent (+/- 0.2%) from last month.
+0.6
+1.2
July end-of-month inventories were $722.5 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
-0.1°
+0.8°
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July decreased $0.4 billion or 0.1 percent to $257.2 billion.
+1.0*
-2.6*
Sales of new single-family houses in July 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 708,000. This is 1.0 percent (+/- 11.3%)* above the revised June 2021 estimate of 701,000.
-7.0*
+3.5*
Privately-owned housing starts in July 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,534,000. This is 7.0 percent (+/- 8.9%)* below the revised June 2021 estimate of 1,650,000.
+0.8
+0.6
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for June 2021 were $2,057.4 billion, up 0.8 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,640.8 billion, up 1.4 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
-1.1
+0.7
U.S. retail and food services sales for July 2021 were $617.7 billion, a decrease of 1.1 percent (+/-0.5 percent) from the previous month.
+6.2
+5.7
The rental vacancy rate in the second quarter 2021, 6.2 percent, was higher than the rate in the second quarter 2020. The rates in the Northeast and West were higher than their second quarter 2020 rates. The rates in the Midwest and South were not statistically different from the second quarter 2020 rates.
+65.4
+67.9
The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2021, 65.4 percent, was lower than the rate in the second quarter 2020. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, South, and West were lower than the rates in the second quarter 2020, while the rate in the Midwest was not statistically different.