Census Economic Indicators 63130
- Housing Vacancies and Homeownership
Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2010 (66.9 percent) was lower than the second quarter 2009 rate (67.4 percent). In the South and West, the homeownership rates w
- Construction Spending
Total construction activity for July 2010 ($805.2 billion) was 1.0 percent below the revised June 2010 ($813.1 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructio
- Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured goods in July increased $0.6 billion or 0.1 percent to $409.5 billion. July 2010: 0.1 % change June 2010: -0.6 % change
- Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
U.S. retail and food service sales for July reached $362.7 billion, a increase of 0.4 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month. July 2010: 0.4 % change June 2010: -0.3 % change
- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
The Nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $49.9 billion in June 2010 from $42.0 billion in May (revised), as imports increased and exports decreased. June 2010: -49
- Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
June 2010 sales of merchant wholesalers were $347.4 billion, down 0.7 percent (+/-0.5%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $399.2 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/-0.4%) from last month. June
- Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
U.S. total business sales for June 2010 were $1,080.5 billion, down 0.6% (±0.2%) from last month. Month end inventories were $1,359.9 billion, up 0.3% (±0.1%) from last month. June 2010: -0.6 % C
- Housing Starts/Building Permits
Privately-owned housing starts in July 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000. This is 1.7 percent above the revised June 2010 estimate of 537,000. July 2010: +1.7 % change June
- Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $0.6 billion or 0.3 percent to $193.0 billion. July 2010: 0.3 % change June 2010: -0.1 % change
- Quarterly Services Survey
U.S. Information sector revenue for the first quarter of 2010, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $289.2 billion, a increase of 1.1 percent (+/- 0.5) from the third quarte