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Monthly Wholesale Trade February 2021 sales of merchant wholesalers were $538.3 billion, down 0.8 percent (+/- 0.7 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $682.5 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1990 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present, adjusted 1992 - present, not adjusted Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 9, 2021 Next Release: May 7, 2021	February 2021 +0.6 % change in Inventories	January 2021 (r) +1.4 % change in Inventories
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $71.1 billion in February from $67.8 billion in January (revised), as exports decreased more than imports. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1991 - present Historic Time Series - US Trade Data (various) Country&Product Data (various) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 7, 2021 Next Release: May 4, 2021	February 2021 71.1° $ billion	January 2021 (r) 67.8° $ billion
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured goods in February decreased $4.1 billion or 0.8 percent to $505.7 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 5, 2021 Next Release: May 4, 2021	February 2021 -0.8° % change	January 2021 (r) +2.7° % change
Construction Spending Total construction activity for February 2021 ($1,516.9 billion) was 0.8 percent (+/-0.7 percent) below the revised January 2021 ($1,529.0 billion). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2003 - present Historic Time Series - 1993 - present (new format) 1964 - 2001 (legacy format) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 1, 2021 Next Release: May 3, 2021	February 2021 -0.8 % change	January 2021 (r) +1.2* % change
Advance Monthly Wholesale Inventories February end-of-month inventories were $681.1 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2016 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 26, 2021 Next Release: April 28, 2021	February 2021 +0.5 % change in Inventories	January 2021 (r) +1.4 % change in Inventories
Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $86.7 billion in February from $84.6 billion in January as exports decreased more than imports. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2016 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 26, 2021 Next Release: April 28, 2021	February 2021 86.7° $ billion	January 2021 84.6° $ billion
Advance Monthly Retail Inventories February 2021 end-of-month inventories were $625.9 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2016 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 26, 2021 Next Release: April 28, 2021	February 2021 0.0* % change in Inventories	January 2021 (r) -0.3 % change in Inventories
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in February decreased $2.9 billion or 1.1 percent to $254.0 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 24, 2021 Next Release: April 26, 2021	February 2021 -1.1° % change	January 2021 (r) +3.5° % change
New Residential Sales Sales of new single-family houses in February 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 775,000. This is 18.2 percent (+/- 13.9%) below the revised January 2021 estimate of 948,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1963 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 23, 2021 Next Release: April 23, 2021	February 2021 -18.2 % change	January 2021 (r) +3.2* % change
Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $34.2 billion for the fourth quarter 2020 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2021), down $8.7 (+/- 0.3) billion from third quarter 2020 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2020). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 22, 2021 Next Release: June 8, 2021	4th Qtr 2020 -8.7 $ billion	3rd Qtr 2020 (r) +4.4 $ billion
Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $144.1 billion for the fourth quarter of 2020, down $6.3 (+/- 1.3) billion from third quarter of 2020. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 22, 2021 Next Release: June 8, 2021	4th Qtr 2020 -6.3 $ billion	3rd Qtr 2020 (r) +116.0 $ billion
New Residential Construction Privately-owned housing starts in February 2021 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,421,000. This is 10.3 percent (+/- 10.5%)* below the revised January 2021 estimate of 1,584,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1959 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 17, 2021 Next Release: April 16, 2021	February 2021 -10.3* % change	January 2021 (r) -5.1* % change
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for January 2021 were $1,982.4 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,568.5 billion, up 4.7 percent (+/- 0.3 percent) from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1996 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 16, 2021 Next Release: April 15, 2021	January 2021 +0.3 % change in Inventories	December 2020 (r) +0.8 % change in Inventories
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services U.S. retail and food services sales for February 2021 were $561.7 billion, a decrease of 3.0 percent (+/-0.5%) from the previous month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1953 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 16, 2021 Next Release: April 15, 2021	February 2021 -3.0 % change	January 2021 (r) +7.6 % change
Quarterly Services Survey The estimate of U.S. selected services total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $4,106.5 billion, an increase of 4.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the third quarter of 2020 and down 0.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the fourth quarter of 2019. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2004 - present Historic Time Series - 2004 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 12, 2021 Next Release: May 20, 2021	4th Qtr 2020 +4.6 % change	3rd Qtr 2020 (r) +8.0 % change
Business Formation Statistics Total U.S. Business Applications were 423,095 in February 2021, down 13.4% from January 2021. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2019 - present Historic Time Series - 2004 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 10, 2021 Next Release: April 14, 2021	February 2021 -13.4° % change	January 2021 (r) +42.1° % change
Rental Vacancy Rate The rental vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2020, 6.5 percent, was not statistically different from the rate in the fourth quarter 2019. The rental vacancy rate in the South was lower than the fourth quarter 2019 rate. The rental vacancy rates in the Northeast, Midwest, and West were not statistically different from the fourth quarter 2019 rates. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: February 2, 2021 Next Release: April 27, 2021	4th Qtr 2020 +6.5* percent	4th Qtr 2019 +6.4 percent
Homeownership Rate The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2020, 65.8 percent, was higher than the rate in the fourth quarter 2019. The homeownership rates in the Midwest and South were higher than the fourth quarter 2019 rates. The homeownership rates in the Northeast and West were not statistically different from the fourth quarter 2019 rate. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: February 2, 2021 Next Release: April 27, 2021	4th Qtr 2020 +65.8 percent	4th Qtr 2019 +65.1 percent

(*) The 90% confidence interval includes zero. The Census Bureau does not have sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.

(°) Statistical significance is not applicable or not measurable for these surveys. The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders estimates are not based on a probability sample, so we can neither measure the sampling error of these estimates nor compute confidence intervals.

(r) Revised.

All estimates are seasonally adjusted except for the Rental Vacancy Rate and Home Ownership Rate. None of the estimates are adjusted for price changes.

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