Census Economic Indicators 63125
- 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
- Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
U.S. total business sales for May 2010 were $1,090.2 billion, down 0.9% (+/-0.2%) from last month. Month end inventories were $1,355.7 billion, up 0.1% (+/-0.1%)* from last month. May 2010: -0.9 %
- Housing Starts/Building Permits
Privately-owned housing starts in June 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 549,000. This is 5.0 percent below the revised May 2010 estimate of 578,000. June 2010: -5.0 % change May 20
- Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
U.S. retail and food service sales for June reached $360.2 billion, a decrease of -0.5 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month. June 2010: -0.5 % change May 2010: -1.1 % change
- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
The Nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $42.3 billion in May 2010 from $40.3 billion (revised) in April, as imports increased more than exports. May 2010: -42.3 $
- Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
May 2010 sales of merchant wholesalers were $350.6 billion, down 0.3 percent (+/-0.5%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $398.8 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/-0.4%) from last month. May 20
- Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining and Trade
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 7.7 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter of 2010, not statistically different from the fourth quarter of 2009. 1
- 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
- Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in June decreased $2.0 billion or 1.0 percent to $190.5 billion. June 2010: -1.0 % change May 2010: -0.8 % change
- Construction Spending
Total construction activity for May 2010 ($841.9 billion) was 0.2 percent below the revised April 2010 ($843.3 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructio