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Economic Indicators

4th Quarter 2023

+4.4

$ billion

3rd Quarter 2023(r)

-5.6

$ billion

Released: March 18th, 2024 Next Release: June 10th, 2024

Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $48.3 billion for the fourth quarter 2023 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2024), up $4.4 (+/- 2.6) billion from third quarter 2023 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2023).

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4th Quarter 2023

-30.2

$ billion

3rd Quarter 2023(r)

+23.2

$ billion

Released: March 18th, 2024 Next Release: June 10th, 2024

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $194.8 billion for the fourth quarter of 2023, down $30.2 (+/- 1.5) billion from third quarter of 2023.

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Business Inventories

March 14th, 2024

January 2024

0.0*

% change in inventories

December 2023(r)

+0.3

% change in inventories

Released: March 14th, 2024 Next Release: April 15th, 2024

U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for January 2024 were $2,555.0 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,833.3 billion, down 1.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.

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Selected Services Revenue

March 13th, 2024

4th Quarter 2023

+1.9

% change

3rd Quarter 2023(r)

+0.7

% change

Released: March 13th, 2024 Next Release: May 22nd, 2024

U.S. selected services total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $5,398.9 billion, an increase of 1.9 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the third quarter of 2023 and up 6.6 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the fourth quarter of 2022.

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January 2024

67.4°

$ billion

December 2023(r)

64.2°

$ billion

Released: March 7th, 2024 Next Release: April 4th, 2024

The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $67.4 billion in January from $64.2 billion in December (revised), as imports increased more than exports.

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January 2024

-0.3

% change in inventories

December 2023(r)

+0.4*

% change in inventories

Released: March 6th, 2024 Next Release: April 10th, 2024

January 2024 sales of merchant wholesalers were $657.2 billion, down 1.7 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $895.1 billion, down 0.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.

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January 2024

90.2°

$ billion

December 2023

87.9°

$ billion

Released: February 28th, 2024 Next Release: March 29th, 2024

The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $90.2 billion in January from $87.9 billion in December as imports increased more than exports.

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New Residential Sales

February 26th, 2024

January 2024

+1.5*

% change

December 2023(r)

+7.2*

% change

Released: February 26th, 2024 Next Release: March 25th, 2024

Sales of new single-family houses in January 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 661,000. This is 1.5 percent (+/- 19.9%)* above the revised December 2023 estimate of 651,000.

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New Residential Construction

February 16th, 2024

January 2024

-14.8

% change

December 2023(r)

+3.3*

% change

Released: February 16th, 2024 Next Release: March 19th, 2024

Privately-owned housing starts in January 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,331,000. This is 14.8 percent (+/- 10.2%) below the revised December 2023 estimate of 1,562,000.

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Homeownership Rate

January 30th, 2024

4th Quarter 2023

+65.7*

percent

4th Quarter 2022

+65.9

percent

Released: January 30th, 2024 Next Release: April 30th, 2024

The homeownership rate of 65.7 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the fourth quarter 2022 (65.9 percent). The homeownership rates, compared to the fourth quarter 2022, were lower in the Northeast and West, higher in the South, and not statistically different in the Midwest.

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Rental Vacancy Rate

January 30th, 2024

4th Quarter 2023

+6.6

percent

4th Quarter 2022

+5.8

percent

Released: January 30th, 2024 Next Release: April 30th, 2024

The rental vacancy rate of 6.6 percent was higher than the rate in the fourth quarter 2022 (5.8 percent). Compared to fourth quarter 2022, the rental vacancy rate was higher in the South and West, and the rates were not statistically different in the Northeast and Midwest.

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