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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured goods in February increased $0.8 billion or 0.2 percent to $468.3 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 2, 2015 Next Release: May 4, 2015	February 2015 +0.2° % change	January 2015 (r) -0.7° % change
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services increased to -$35.4 billion in February from -$42.7 billion in January (revised), as imports decreased more than exports. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1991 - present Historic Time Series - US Trade Data (various) Country&Product Data (various) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 2, 2015 Next Release: May 5, 2015	February 2015 -35.4° $ billion	January 2015 (r) -42.7° $ billion
Construction Spending Total construction activity for February 2015 ($967.2 billion) was 0.1 percent (+/-1.2%)* below the revised January 2015 ($967.9 billion). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2003 - present Historic Time Series - 1993 - present (new format) 1964 - 2001 (legacy format) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: April 1, 2015 Next Release: May 1, 2015	February 2015 -0.1* % change	January 2015 (r) -1.7* % change
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in February decreased $3.2 billion or 1.4 percent to $231.3 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC)	Released: March 25, 2015 Next Release: April 24, 2015	February 2015 -1.4° % change	January 2015 (r) +2.0° % change
New Residential Sales Sales of new single-family houses in February 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 539,000. This is 7.8 percent (+/- 15.2%)* above the revised January 2015 estimate of 500,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1963 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 24, 2015 Next Release: April 23, 2015	February 2015 +7.8* % change	January 2015 (r) +4.4* % change
Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $154.1 billion for the fourth quarter of 2014, down $10.7 (+/- 1.6) billion from third quarter of 2014. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 23, 2015 Next Release: June 8, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 -10.7 $ billion	3rd Qtr 2014 (r) +12.0 $ billion
Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $23.8 billion for the fourth quarter 2014 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2015), up $7.4 (+/- 0.2) billion from third quarter 2014 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2014). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 23, 2015 Next Release: June 15, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 +7.4 $ billion	3rd Qtr 2014 (r) -4.3 $ billion
New Residential Construction Privately-owned housing starts in February 2015 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 897,000. This is 17.0 percent (+/- 9.5%) below the revised January 2015 estimate of 1,081,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1959 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 17, 2015 Next Release: April 16, 2015	February 2015 -17.0 % change	January 2015 (r) 0.0* % change
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for January 2015 were $1,761.7 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.1%)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,302.5 billion, down 2.0 percent (+/-0.2%) from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1996 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 12, 2015 Next Release: April 14, 2015	January 2015 0.0* % change in Inventories	December 2014 (r) 0.0* % change in Inventories
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services U.S. retail and food services sales for February were $437.0 billion, a decrease of 0.6 percent (+/-0.5%) from the previous month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1953 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 12, 2015 Next Release: April 14, 2015	February 2015 -0.6 % change	January 2015 (r) -0.8 % change
Quarterly Services Survey The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the estimate of U.S. information sector revenue for the fourth calendar quarter of 2014, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $334.0 billion, an increase of 1.4 percent (+/- 0.6%) from the third quarter of 2014. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2004 - present Historic Time Series - 2004 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: March 11, 2015 Next Release: June 10, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 +1.4 % change	3rd Qtr 2014 (r) +0.8* % change
Monthly Wholesale Trade January 2015 sales of merchant wholesalers were $433.7 billion, down 3.1 percent (+/- 0.5%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $548.7 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/- 0.4%)* 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: March 10, 2015 Next Release: April 9, 2015	January 2015 +0.3* % change in Inventories	December 2014 (r) +0.0* % change in Inventories
Rental Vacancy Rate The rental vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2014 was 7.0 percent, down 1.2 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the fourth quarter 2013 rate of 8.2 percent. The rental vacancy rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West were lower than the corresponding fourth quarter 2013 rates. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 29, 2015 Next Release: April 28, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 +7.0 percent	4th Qtr 2013 +8.2 percent
Homeownership Rate The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2014 was 64.0 percent, down 1.2 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the fourth quarter 2013 rate of 65.2 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest and South were lower than the rates in the fourth quarter 2013, while the rate in the West was not statistically different from the rate a year ago. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 29, 2015 Next Release: April 28, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 +64.0 percent	4th Qtr 2013 +65.2 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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