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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services increased to -$44.4 billion in May from -$47.0 billion in April (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1991 - present Historic Time Series - US Trade Data (various) Country&Product Data (various) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: July 3, 2014 Next Release: August 6, 2014	May 2014 -44.4° $ billion	April 2014 (r) -47.0° $ billion
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured goods in May decreased $2.6 billion or 0.5 percent to $497.7 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: July 2, 2014 Next Release: August 5, 2014	May 2014 -0.5° % change	April 2014 (r) +0.8° % change
Construction Spending Total construction activity for May 2014 ($956.1 billion) was 0.1 percent (+/-1.6%)* above the revised April 2014 ($955.1 billion). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2003 - present Historic Time Series - 1993 - present (new format) 1964 - 2001 (legacy format) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: July 1, 2014 Next Release: August 1, 2014	May 2014 +0.1* % change	April 2014 (r) +0.8* % change
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in May decreased $2.4 billion or 1.0 percent to $238.0 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC)	Released: June 25, 2014 Next Release: July 25, 2014	May 2014 -1.0° % change	April 2014 (r) +0.8° % change
New Residential Sales Sales of new single-family houses in May 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 504,000. This is 18.6 percent (+/- 17.3%) above the revised April 2014 estimate of 425,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1963 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 24, 2014 Next Release: July 24, 2014	May 2014 +18.6 % change	April 2014 (r) +3.7* % change
New Residential Construction Privately-owned housing starts in May 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,001,000. This is 6.5 percent (+/- 10.2%)* below the revised April 2014 estimate of 1,071,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1959 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 17, 2014 Next Release: July 17, 2014	May 2014 -6.5* % change	April 2014 (r) +12.7* % change
Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $14.6 billion for the first quarter 2014 (the 3 months ending April 30, 2014), down $11.1 (+/- 0.1) billion from fourth quarter 2013 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2014). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 16, 2014 Next Release: September 15, 2014	1st Qtr 2014 -11.1 $ billion	4th Qtr 2013 (r) +8.2 $ billion
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for April 2014 were $1,728.3 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/-0.1%) from last month. U.S. total business sales were 1,337.4 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/-0.2%) from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1996 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 12, 2014 Next Release: July 15, 2014	April 2014 +0.6 % change in Inventories	March 2014 (r) +0.4 % change in Inventories
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services U.S. retail and food services sales for May reached $437.6 billion, an increase of 0.3 percent (+/-0.5%)* from previous month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1953 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 12, 2014 Next Release: July 15, 2014	May 2014 +0.3* % change	April 2014 (r) +0.5 % change
Quarterly Services Survey U.S. Information sector revenue for the first quarter of 2014, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $330.0 billion, an increase of 1.1 percent (+/- 0.8) from the fourth quarter of 2013. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2004 - present Historic Time Series - 2004 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 11, 2014 Next Release: September 11, 2014	1st Qtr 2014 +1.1 % change	4th Qtr 2013 (r) +2.0 % change
Monthly Wholesale Trade April 2014 sales of merchant wholesalers were $450.2 billion, up 1.3 percent (+/-0.5%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $530.6 billion, up 1.1 percent (+/-0.2%) 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: June 10, 2014 Next Release: July 10, 2014	April 2014 +1.1 % change in Inventories	March 2014 (r) +1.1 % change in Inventories
Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $140.2 billion for the first quarter of 2014, down $17.9 (+/- 0.3) billion from fourth quarter of 2013. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: June 9, 2014 Next Release: September 8, 2014	1st Qtr 2014 -17.9 $ billion	4th Qtr 2013 (r) +8.9 $ billion
Rental Vacancy Rate The rental vacancy rate in the first quarter 2014 was 8.3 percent, down 0.3 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the first quarter 2013 rate of 8.6 percent. The rental vacancy rate in the Midwest was lower than the corresponding first quarter 2013 rate, while the rates in the Northeast, South and West 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: April 29, 2014 Next Release: July 29, 2014	1st Qtr 2014 +8.3* percent	1st Qtr 2013 +8.6 percent
Homeownership Rate The homeownership rate in the first quarter 2014 was 64.8 percent, down 0.2 (+/- 0.4)* percentage points from the first quarter 2013 rate of 65.0 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West 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: April 29, 2014 Next Release: July 29, 2014	1st Qtr 2014 +64.8* percent	1st Qtr 2013 +65.0 percent

(*) 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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