+0.2*
-0.1*
Total construction activity for October 2021 ($1,598.0 billion) was 0.2 percent (+/-1.2 percent)* above the revised September 2021 ($1,594.8 billion).
+0.4*
+7.1*
Sales of new single-family houses in October 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 745,000. This is 0.4 percent (+/- 21.1%)* above the revised September 2021 estimate of 742,000.
-0.5°
-0.4°
New orders for manufactured durable goods in October decreased $1.2 billion or 0.5 percent to $260.1 billion.
+2.2
+1.4
October end-of-month inventories were $758.5 billion, up 2.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
82.9°
97.0°
The advance international trade deficit in goods decreased to $82.9 billion in October from $97.0 billion in September as exports increased more than imports.
+0.1*
-0.2*
October 2021 end-of-month inventories were $603.6 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.
+3.7
+3.8
Advance Report:Advance U.S. selected services total revenue for the third quarter of 2021, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $4,524.9 billion, an increase of 3.7 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2021 and up 15.2 percent (+/- 0.8 percent) from the third quarter of 2020.
-0.7*
-2.7*
Privately-owned housing starts in October 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,520,000. This is 0.7 percent (+/- 12.2%)* below the revised September 2021 estimate of 1,530,000.
+0.7
+0.8
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for September 2021 were $2,101.8 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,669.7 billion, up 0.9 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
+1.7
+0.8
U.S. retail and food services sales for October 2021 were $638.2 billion, an increase of 1.7 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from the previous month.
0.0°
+0.8°
Total U.S. Business Applications were 432,101 in October 2021, virtually unchanged from September 2021.
+1.4
+1.3
September 2021 sales of merchant wholesalers were $603.1 billion, up 1.1 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $742.2 billion, up 1.4 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.
80.9°
72.8°
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $80.9 billion in September from $72.8 billion in August (revised), as exports decreased and imports increased.
+0.2°
+1.0°
New orders for manufactured goods in September increased $1.3 billion or 0.2 percent to $515.9 billion.
+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.
+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.