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Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods icon

Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods

The advance international trade balance in goods was -$61.5 billion in December 2015. Advance exports of goods were $120.2 billion and advance imports of goods were $181.7 billion.

Released:
January 29, 2016

Next Release:
February 26, 2016

December 2015

-61.5°
$ billion

November 2015

-60.3°
$ billion

Homeownership Rate icon

Homeownership Rate

The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2015 was 63.8 percent, down 0.2 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the fourth quarter 2014 rate of 64.0 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West were not statistically different from the rates in the fourth quarter 2014.

Released:
January 28, 2016

Next Release:
April 28, 2016

4th Qtr 2015

+63.8*
percent

4th Qtr 2014

+64.0
percent

Rental Vacancy Rate icon

Rental Vacancy Rate

The rental vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2015 was 7.0 percent, virtually unchanged from the fourth quarter 2014 rate (+/- 0.4)*. The rental vacancy rates in all four regions were not statistically different from the rates a year ago.

Released:
January 28, 2016

Next Release:
April 28, 2016

4th Qtr 2015

+7.0*
percent

4th Qtr 2014

+7.0
percent

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders icon

Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

New orders for manufactured durable goods in December decreased $12.0 billion or 5.1 percent to $225.4 billion.

Released:
January 28, 2016

Next Release:
February 25, 2016

December 2015

-5.1°
% change

November 2015 (r)

-0.5°
% change

New Residential Sales icon

New Residential Sales

Sales of new single-family houses in December 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 544,000. This is 10.8 percent (+/- 17.1%)* above the revised November 2015 estimate of 491,000.

Released:
January 27, 2016

Next Release:
February 24, 2016

December 2015

+10.8*
% change

November 2015 (r)

+1.9*
% change

New Residential Construction icon

New Residential Construction

Privately-owned housing starts in December 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,149,000. This is 2.5 percent (+/- 8.6%)* below the revised November 2015 estimate of 1,179,000.

Released:
January 20, 2016

Next Release:
February 17, 2016

December 2015

-2.5*
% change

November 2015 (r)

+10.1
% change

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales icon

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales

U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for November 2015 were $1,809.8 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.1%) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,313.5 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.

Released:
January 15, 2016

Next Release:
February 12, 2016

November 2015

-0.2
% change in Inventories

October 2015 (r)

-0.1*
% change in Inventories

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services icon

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services

U.S. retail and food services sales for December were $448.1 billion, a decrease of 0.1 percent (+/-0.5%)* from the previous month.

Released:
January 15, 2016

Next Release:
February 12, 2016

December 2015

-0.1*
% change

November 2015 (r)

+0.4
% change

Monthly Wholesale Trade icon

Monthly Wholesale Trade

November 2015 sales of merchant wholesalers were $442.8 billion, down 1.0 percent (+/- 0.5%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $582.9 billion, down 0.3 percent (+/- 0.4%)* from last month.

Released:
January 8, 2016

Next Release:
February 9, 2016

November 2015

-0.3*
% change in Inventories

October 2015 (r)

-0.3*
% change in Inventories

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders icon

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders

New orders for manufactured goods in November decreased $1.1 billion or 0.2 percent to $472.2 billion.

Released:
January 6, 2016

Next Release:
February 4, 2016

November 2015

-0.2°
% change

October 2015 (r)

+1.3°
% change

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services icon

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services

The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services increased to -$42.4 billion in November from -$44.6 billion in October (revised), as exports decreased less than imports.

Released:
January 6, 2016

Next Release:
February 5, 2016

November 2015

-42.4°
$ billion

October 2015 (r)

-44.6°
$ billion

Construction Spending icon

Construction Spending

Total construction activity for November 2015 ($1,122.5 billion) was 0.4 percent (+/-1.5%)* below the revised October 2015 ($1,127.0 billion).

Released:
January 4, 2016

Next Release:
February 1, 2016

November 2015

-0.4*
% change

October 2015 (r)

+0.3*
% change

Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade icon

Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade

Seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $19.4 billion for the third quarter 2015 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2015), down $2.6 (+/- 0.1) billion from second quarter 2015 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2015).

Released:
December 21, 2015

Next Release:
March 21, 2016

3rd Qtr 2015

-2.6
$ billion

2nd Qtr 2015 (r)

-1.1
$ billion

Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries icon

Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $140.5 billion for the third quarter of 2015, up $18.8 (+/- 0.3) billion from second quarter of 2015.

Released:
December 21, 2015

Next Release:
March 21, 2016

3rd Qtr 2015

+18.8
$ billion

2nd Qtr 2015 (r)

-4.5
$ billion

Quarterly Services Survey icon

Quarterly Services Survey

The estimate of U.S. information sector revenue for the third calendar quarter of 2015, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $341.6 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent (+/- 0.9%)* from the second quarter of 2015 and up 3.7 percent (+/- 0.9%) from the third quarter of 2014.

Released:
December 10, 2015

Next Release:
March 10, 2016

3rd Qtr 2015

+0.7*
% change

2nd Qtr 2015

+1.3
% change

(*) 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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