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New Residential Construction Privately-owned housing starts in November 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,173,000. This is 10.5 percent (+/- 8.6%) above the revised October 2015 estimate of 1,062,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1959 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 16, 2015 Next Release: January 20, 2015	November 2015 +10.5 % change	October 2015 (r) -12.0* % change
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for October 2015 were $1,814.5 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,317.7 billion, down 0.2 (+/-0.2%)* from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1996 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 11, 2015 Next Release: January 15, 2016	October 2015 0.0* % change in Inventories	September 2015 (r) +0.1* % change in Inventories
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services U.S. retail and food services sales for November were $448.1 billion, an increase of 0.2 percent (+/-0.5%)* from the previous month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1953 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 11, 2015 Next Release: January 15, 2016	November 2015 +0.2* % change	October 2015 (r) +0.1* % change
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. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2004 - present Historic Time Series - 2004 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 10, 2015 Next Release: March 10, 2016	3rd Qtr 2015 +0.7* % change	2nd Qtr 2015 +1.3 % change
Monthly Wholesale Trade October 2015 sales of merchant wholesalers were $448.0 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.5%)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $585.9 billion, down 0.1 percent (+/- 0.5%)* from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1990 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present, adjusted 1992 - present, not adjusted Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 9, 2015 Next Release: January 8, 2016	October 2015 -0.1* % change in Inventories	September 2015 (r) +0.2* % change in Inventories
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services decreased to -$43.9 billion in October from -$42.5 billion in September (revised), as exports decreased more than imports. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1991 - present Historic Time Series - US Trade Data (various) Country&Product Data (various) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 4, 2015 Next Release: January 6, 2016	October 2015 -43.9° $ billion	September 2015 (r) -42.5° $ billion
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured goods in October increased $6.8 billion or 1.5 percent to $473.9 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 3, 2015 Next Release: January 6, 2016	October 2015 +1.5° % change	September 2015 (r) -0.8° % change
Construction Spending Total construction activity for October 2015 ($1,107.4 billion) was 1.0 percent (+/-1.8%)* above the revised September 2015 ($1,096.6 billion). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2003 - present Historic Time Series - 1993 - present (new format) 1964 - 2001 (legacy format) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 1, 2015 Next Release: January 4, 2016	October 2015 +1.0* % change	September 2015 (r) +0.6* % change
New Residential Sales Sales of new single-family houses in October 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 495,000. This is 10.7 percent (+/- 17.7%)* above the revised September 2015 estimate of 447,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1963 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: November 25, 2015 Next Release: December 23, 2015	October 2015 +10.7* % change	September 2015 (r) -12.9 % change
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in October increased $6.9 billion or 3.0 percent to $239.0 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC)	Released: November 25, 2015 Next Release: December 23, 2015	October 2015 +3.0° % change	September 2015 (r) -0.8° % change
Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods The advance international trade balance in goods was -$58.4 billion in October 2015. Advance exports of goods were $123.3 billion and advance imports of goods were $181.7 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2015 - present Historic Time Series - 2013 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: November 24, 2015 Next Release: December 29, 2015	October 2015 -58.4° $ billion	September 2015 -59.1° $ billion
Rental Vacancy Rate The rental vacancy rate in the third quarter 2015 was 7.3 percent, down 0.1 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the third quarter 2014 rate of 7.4 percent. The rental vacancy rates in all four regions were not statistically different from the rates a year ago. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: October 27, 2015 Next Release: January 28, 2016	3rd Qtr 2015 +7.3* percent	3rd Qtr 2014 +7.4 percent
Homeownership Rate The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2015 was 63.7 percent, down 0.7 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the third quarter 2014 rate of 64.4 percent. The homeownership rate in the Northeast was lower than the rate one year ago, while the rates in the Midwest, South and West were not statistically different from the rates in the third quarter 2014. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: October 27, 2015 Next Release: January 28, 2016	3rd Qtr 2015 +63.7 percent	3rd Qtr 2014 +64.4 percent
Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade After-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). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: September 14, 2015 Next Release: December 21, 2015	2nd Qtr 2015 -0.1 $ billion	1st Qtr 2015 (r) -1.3 $ billion
Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries Manufacturing 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. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: September 8, 2015 Next Release: December 21, 2015	2nd Qtr 2015 -2.1 $ billion	1st Qtr 2015 (r) -23.9 $ billion

(*) 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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