-0.2*
-2.8*
Privately-owned housing starts in April 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,724,000. This is 0.2 percent (+/- 8.7%)* below the revised March 2022 estimate of 1,728,000.
+2.0
+1.8
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for March 2022 were $2,324.2 billion, up 2.0 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,832.1 billion, up 1.8 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
+0.9
+1.4
U.S. retail and food services sales for April 2022 were $677.7 billion, an increase of 0.9 percent (+/-0.5 percent) from the previous month.
+1.6°
-0.6°
Total U.S. Business Applications were 423,153 in April 2022, up 1.6% from March 2022.
+2.3
+2.8
March 2022 sales of merchant wholesalers were $686.2 billion, up 1.7 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $840.3 billion, up 2.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
109.8°
89.8°
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $109.8 billion in March from $89.8 billion in February (revised), as imports increased more than exports.
+2.2°
+0.1°
New orders for manufactured goods in March increased $11.8 billion or 2.2 percent to $557.3 billion.
+0.1*
+0.5*
Total construction activity for March 2022 ($1,730.5 billion) was 0.1 percent (+/-0.7 percent)* above the revised February 2022 ($1,728.6 billion).
+5.8
+6.8
The rental vacancy rate in the first quarter 2022, 5.8 percent, was lower than the rate in the first quarter 2021. The rates in the Northeast and Midwest were lower than the first quarter 2021 rates. The rates in the South and West were not statistically different from the first quarter 2021 rates.
+65.4*
+65.6
The homeownership rate in the first quarter 2022, 65.4 percent, was not statistically different from the rate in the first quarter 2021. The homeownership rate in the Northeast was lower than in the first quarter 2021. The rates in the Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from the first quarter 2021 rates.
+2.0
+1.5
March 2022 end-of-month inventories were $684.3 billion, up 2.0 percent (+/- 0.2%) from last month.
+2.3
+2.6
March end-of-month inventories were $837.7 billion, up 2.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
125.3°
106.3°
The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $125.3 billion in March from $106.3 billion in February as imports increased more than exports.
-8.6*
-1.2*
Sales of new single-family houses in March 2022 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 763,000. This is 8.6 percent (+/- 12.9%)* below the revised February 2022 estimate of 835,000.
+0.8°
-1.7°
New orders for manufactured durable goods in March increased $2.3 billion or 0.8 percent to $275.0 billion
+11.0
-23.7
Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $58.3 billion for the fourth quarter 2021 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2022), up $11.0 (+/- 2.4) billion from third quarter 2021 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2021).
+17.6
+5.2
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $271.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021, up $17.6 (+/- 1.9) billion from third quarter of 2021.
+2.8
+3.6
The estimate of U.S. selected services total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2021, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $4,789.7 billion, an increase of 2.8 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the third quarter of 2021 and up 14.1 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the fourth quarter of 2020.