Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and OrdersNew orders for manufactured goods in February increased $0.8 billion or 0.2 percent to $468.3 billion. |
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February 2015
+0.2° |
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and ServicesThe 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. |
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-35.4° |
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Construction SpendingTotal construction activity for February 2015 ($967.2 billion) was 0.1 percent (+/-1.2%)* below the revised January 2015 ($967.9 billion). |
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February 2015
-0.1* |
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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and OrdersNew orders for manufactured durable goods in February decreased $3.2 billion or 1.4 percent to $231.3 billion. |
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-1.4° |
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New Residential SalesSales 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. |
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February 2015
+7.8* |
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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service IndustriesManufacturing 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. |
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4th Qtr 2014
-10.7 |
3rd Qtr 2014 (r) +12.0 |
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Quarterly Financial Report - Retail TradeAfter-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). |
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4th Qtr 2014
+7.4 |
3rd Qtr 2014 (r) -4.3 |
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New Residential ConstructionPrivately-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. |
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February 2015
-17.0 |
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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and SalesU.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. |
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January 2015
0.0* |
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food ServicesU.S. retail and food services sales for February were $437.0 billion, a decrease of 0.6 percent (+/-0.5%) from the previous month. |
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February 2015
-0.6 |
January 2015 (r) -0.8 |
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Quarterly Services SurveyThe 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. |
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4th Qtr 2014
+1.4 |
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Monthly Wholesale TradeJanuary 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. |
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January 2015
+0.3* |
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Rental Vacancy RateThe 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. |
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4th Qtr 2014
+7.0 |
4th Qtr 2013 +8.2 |
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Homeownership RateThe 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. |
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4th Qtr 2014
+64.0 |
4th Qtr 2013 +65.2 |
(*) 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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