U.S. International Trade in Goods and ServicesThe Nation's international trade balance in goods and services decreased to -$48.3 billion in August from -$41.8 billion in July (revised), as exports decreased and imports increased. |
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August 2015 -48.3° |
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and OrdersNew orders for manufactured goods in August decreased $8.2 billion or 1.7 percent to $473.0 billion. |
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August 2015 -1.7° |
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Construction SpendingTotal construction activity for August 2015 ($1,086.2 billion) was 0.7 percent (+/-1.5%)* above the revised July 2015 ($1,079.1 billion). |
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August 2015 +0.7* |
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Advance U.S. International Trade in GoodsThe advance international trade balance in goods was -$67.2 billion in August 2015. Advance exports of goods were $123.1 billion and advance imports of goods were $190.3 billion. |
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August 2015 -67.2° |
July 2015 -59.1° |
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New Residential SalesSales of new single-family houses in August 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 552,000. This is 5.7 percent (+/- 16.2%)* above the revised July 2015 estimate of 522,000. |
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August 2015 +5.7* |
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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and OrdersNew orders for manufactured durable goods in August decreased $4.8 billion or 2.0 percent to $236.3 billion. |
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August 2015 -2.0° |
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New Residential ConstructionPrivately-owned housing starts in August 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,126,000. This is 3.0 percent (+/- 11.3%)* below the revised July 2015 estimate of 1,161,000. |
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August 2015 -3.0* |
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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and SalesU.S. total business end-of-month inventories for July 2015 were $1,812.4 billion, up 0.1 (+/- 0.1%)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,328.0 billion, up 0.1 (+/-0.2%)* from last month. |
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July 2015 +0.1* |
June 2015 (r) +0.7 |
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food ServicesU.S. retail and food services sales for August were $447.7 billion, an increase of 0.2 percent (+/-0.5%)* from the previous month. |
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August 2015 +0.2* |
July 2015 (r) +0.7 |
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Quarterly Financial Report - Retail TradeAfter-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $22.1 billion for the second quarter 2015 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2015), down $0.1 (+/- 0.0) billion from first quarter 2015 (the 3 months ending April 30, 2015). |
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2nd Qtr 2015 -0.1 |
1st Qtr 2015 (r) -1.3 |
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Monthly Wholesale TradeJuly 2015 sales of merchant wholesalers were $449.5 billion, down 0.3 percent (+/- 0.5%)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $584.3 billion, down 0.1 percent (+/- 0.4%)* from last month. |
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July 2015 -0.1* |
June 2015 (r) +0.7 |
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Quarterly Services SurveyThe estimate of U.S. information sector revenue for the second calendar quarter of 2015, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $339.2 billion, an increase of 1.3 percent (+/- 0.6%) from the first quarter of 2015 and up 3.8 percent (+/- 0.6%) from the second quarter of 2014. |
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2nd Qtr 2015 1.3 |
1st Qtr 2015 0.4* |
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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service IndustriesManufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $123.0 billion for the second quarter of 2015, down $2.1 (+/- 0.4) billion from first quarter of 2015. |
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2nd Qtr 2015 -2.1 |
1st Qtr 2015 (r) -23.9 |
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Rental Vacancy RateThe rental vacancy rate in the second quarter 2015 was 6.8 percent, down 0.7 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the second quarter 2014 rate of 7.5 percent. The rental vacancy rates in the South and West were lower than the corresponding second quarter 2014 rates, while the rates in the Northeast and Midwest were not statistically different from the rates a year ago. |
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2nd Qtr 2015 +6.8 |
2nd Qtr 2014 +7.5 |
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Homeownership RateThe homeownership rate in the second quarter 2015 was 63.4 percent, down 1.3 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the second quarter 2014 rate of 64.7 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West were lower than the rates in the second quarter 2014. |
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2nd Qtr 2015 +63.4 |
2nd Qtr 2014 +64.7 |
(*) 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, Home Ownership Rate, and Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade. None of the estimates are adjusted for price changes.
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