Economic Indicators

Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales  CHART  RSS Feed

U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for December 2012 were $1,623.1 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/-0.1%)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,274.1 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/-0.2%) from last month.

Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services  CHART  RSS Feed

U.S. retail and food services sales for January reached $416.6 billion, an increase of 0.1 percent (+/- 0.5%)* from the previous month.

Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories  CHART  RSS Feed

December 2012 sales of merchant wholesalers were $418.9 billion, virtually unchanged (+/-0.5%)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $497.7 billion, down 0.1 percent (+/-0.4%)* from last month.

U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services  CHART  RSS Feed

The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services improved to -$38.5 billion in December from -$48.6 billion in November (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders  CHART  RSS Feed

New orders for manufactured goods in December increased $8.6 billion or 1.8** percent to $484.8 billion.

Construction Spending  CHART  RSS Feed

Total construction activity for December 2012 ($885.0 billion) was 0.9 percent (+/-1.6%)* above the revised November 2012 ($876.9 billion).

Housing Vacancies and Homeownership  CHART  RSS Feed

Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2012 (65.4 percent) was lower than the fourth quarter 2011 rate (66.0 percent). The homeownership rate in the South was lower than the corresponding fourth quarter 2011 rate, while the rates in the Northeast, Midwest, and West were not statistically different from the rates a year ago.

Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2012 (8.7 percent) was lower than the fourth quarter 2011 rate (9.4 percent).

Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2012 (1.9 percent) was lower than the fourth quarter 2011 rate (2.3 percent).

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

New orders for manufactured durable goods in December increased $10.0 billion or 4.6 percent to $230.7 billion.

New Residential Sales  CHART  RSS Feed

Sales of new single-family houses in December 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000. This is 7.3 percent (+/- 15.3%)* below the revised November 2012 estimate of 398,000.

New Residential Construction  CHART  RSS Feed

Privately-owned housing starts in December 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 954,000. This is 12.1 percent (+/- 13.4%)* above the revised November 2012 estimate of 851,000.

Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade  CHART  RSS Feed

After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $15.1 billion for the third quarter 2012, down $4.1 (+/- 0.1) billion from second quarter 2012.

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

Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $132.5 billion for the third quarter of 2012, down $13.6 (+/- 0.4) billion from second quarter of 2012.

Quarterly Services Survey  CHART  RSS Feed

U.S. information sector revenue for the third calendar quarter of 2012, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $295.3 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (+/- 0.8)* from the second quarter of 2012.