U.S. Census Bureau Economic Briefing Room

Advance Monthly Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0400

New orders for manufactured durable goods in January, down three of the last four months, decreased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $321.2 billion.

January 2026: -0.0° % Change
December 2025 (r): -0.9° % Change

Quarterly Services Survey

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400

U.S. selected services total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $6,163.5 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from the third quarter of 2025 and up 6.7 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the fourth quarter of 2024. The third quarter of 2025 to fourth quarter of 2025 percentage change was not revised from the advance estimate.

4th Qtr 2025: +0.8 % Change
3rd Qtr 2025 (r): +2.4 % Change

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0400

The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $54.5 billion in January from $72.9 billion in December (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.

January 2026: -25.3° % Change
December 2025 (r): 30.1° % Change

New Residential Construction

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0400

Privately-owned housing starts in January 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,487,000. This is 7.2 percent (+/- 13.7%)* above the revised December 2025 estimate of 1,387,000.

January 2026: +7.2* % Change
December 2025 (r): +4.8* % Change

Business Formation Statistics

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0400

Total U.S. Business Applications were 496,443 in February 2026, down 5.8% from January 2026.

February 2026: -5.8° % Change
January 2026 (r): +6.2° % Change

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:00:00 -0500

U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for December 2025 were $2,680.7 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,965.9 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.

December 2025: +0.1* % Change in Inventories
November 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:30:00 -0500

U.S. retail and food services sales January 2026 were $733.5 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/-0.4 percent)* from the previous month.

January 2026: -0.2* % Change
December 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change

Construction Spending

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0500

Total construction activity for December 2025 ($2,168.8 billion) was 0.3 percent (+/-0.5 percent)* above November 2025 ($2,163.1 billion).

December 2025: +0.3* % Change
November 2025 (r): -0.2* % Change

Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0500

December 2025 sales of merchant wholesalers were $722.1 billion, up 1.0 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $918.0 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month.

December 2025: +0.2* % Change in Inventories
November 2025 (r): +0.2* % Change in Inventories

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0500

New orders for manufactured goods in December, down two of the last three months, decreased $4.3 billion or 0.7 percent to $617.5 billion.

December 2025: -0.7° % Change
November 2025 (r): +2.7° % Change

New Home Sales

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0500

Sales of new single-family houses in December 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 745,000. This is 1.7 percent (+/- 14.5%)* below the revised November 2025 estimate of 758,000.

December 2025: -1.7* % Change
November 2025 (r): +15.5* % Change

Advance Wholesale Inventories

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:30:00 -0500

December end-of-month inventories were $917.2 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month.

December 2025: +0.2* % Change in Inventories
November 2025 (r): +0.2* % Change in Inventories

Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:30:00 -0500

The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $98.5 billion in December from $82.8 billion in November as exports decreased and imports increased.

December 2025: 19.0° % Change
November 2025: 42.9° % Change

Advance Retail Inventories

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:30:00 -0500

December 2025 end-of-month inventories were $812.5 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.

December 2025: 0.0* % Change in Inventories
November 2025 (r): -0.5 % Change in Inventories

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0500

The homeownership rate of 65.7 percent was virtually the same as the rate in the fourth quarter 2024. The homeownership rate in the Northeast was higher than the rate in the fourth quarter 2024, while the rates in the Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from fourth quarter 2024 rates.

4th Qtr 2025: 0* Percentage Points
4th Qtr 2024: 0* Percentage Points

Rental Vacancy Rate

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0500

The rental vacancy rate of 7.2 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the fourth quarter 2024 (6.9 percent). The rental vacancy rate in the Northeast was higher than the fourth quarter 2024 rate, while the rates in the Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from fourth quarter 2024 rates.

4th Qtr 2025: +0.3* Percentage Points
4th Qtr 2024: +0.3* Percentage Points

Quarterly Financial Report - Retail

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Not seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $53.5 billion for the third quarter 2025 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2025), down $7.1 (+/- 0.5) billion from second quarter 2025 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2025).

3rd Qtr 2025: -7.1 Billions of Dollars
2nd Qtr 2025 (r): +15.9 Billions of Dollars

Quarterly Financial Report

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Manufacturing corporations' not seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $261.1 billion for the third quarter of 2025, up $36.8 (+/- 3.2) billion from second quarter of 2025.

3rd Qtr 2025: +36.8 Billions of Dollars
2nd Qtr 2025 (r): +12.8 Billions of Dollars