 New housing starts |
Privately owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2,014,000 is 5.6 percent below the revised September 2005 figure of 2,134,000. (Released: November 17, 2005. Next: December 20, 2005) | Previous
+2.5 % change |
Current
-5.6 % change |
 Total Business Sales |
U.S. total business sales for September were $1,021.6 bil, up 0.6% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,282.1 bil, up 0.5% from last month. (Released 11/16/05) | Previous
+0.7 % Change in sales |
Current
+0.6 % Change in sales |
Monthly retail sales |
U.S. retail and food service sales for October reached $351.6 billion, down 0.1 percent from the previous month. (Released 11/15/05) | Previous
+0.3 % change |
Current
-0.1 % change |
 Monthly trade balance |
The Nation's international deficit in goods and services increased to $66.1 billion in September from $59.3 billion (revised) in August, as imports increased and exports decreased. (Released: 10 November 2005. Next: 14 December 2005) | Previous
-59.3 $ billion |
Current
-66.1 $ billion |
 Inventories/Sales Ratios |
September 2005 sales of merchant wholesalers were $311.1 billion, up 2.4 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $356.5 billion, up 0.6 percent from last month. (11/09/05) | Previous
0.5 % change in Inv |
Current
0.6 % change in Inv |
 Manufacturers' new orders |
New orders for manufactured goods in September decreased $6.8 billion or 1.7 percent to $390.0 billion. (Released November 3, 2005). | Previous
2.9 % change |
Current
-1.7 % change |
 Value of Construction Put in Place |
Total construction activity for August 2005 ($1,108.5 billion) was 0.4 percent above the revised July 2005 ($1,104.1 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending (Released November 1, 2005 Next: December 1, 2005) | Previous
0.3 % change |
Current
0.4 % change |
 Homeownership Chart |
The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2005 (68.8 percent) was not significantly different from the third quarter 2004 rate (69.0 percent). The homeownership rates in each region were also not significantly different from their respective third quarter 2004 rates. | Previous
69.0 percent |
Current
68.8 percent |
 New Home Sales |
Sales of new one-family houses in September 2005 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,222,000. This is 2.1% above the revised August 2005 figure of 1,197,000. (Released: October 27, 2005. Next: November 29, 2005) | Previous
-11.6 % change |
Current
+2.1 % change |
 Durable goods new orders |
New orders for manufactured durable goods in September decreased $4.4 billion or 2.1 percent to $207.0 billion. (Released October 27, 2005). | Previous
3.8 % change |
Current
-2.1 % change |
 Retail Profits Per Dollar of Sales |
After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 3.0 cents per dollar of sales for the second quarter 2005, not a statistically significant change from the average of 2.9 cents in the preceding quarter. (Released: October 12, 2005. Next: January 11, 2006) | Previous
-0.8 cents |
Current
Unchanged cents |
Quarterly Services Survey |
U.S. Information Services sector revenue for the second quarter of 2005, not adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday or trading-day differences, or price changes, was $235.5 billion, an increase of 3.5 percent from the first quarter of 2005. | Previous
-4.0 % change |
Current
+3.5 % change |
 Manufacturers' Profits Per Dollar of Sales |
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 7.2 cents per dollar of sales for the second quarter of 2005, up 0.2 (+/- 0.1) cents from 7.0 cents of the first quarter of 2005. (Released: September 12, 2005. Next Release: December 12, 2005.) | Previous
-0.2 cents |
Current
0.2 cents |
 Poverty Rates |
For the fourth consecutive year the poverty rate rose, from 12.5 percent in 2003 to 12.7 percent in 2004. The number of people in poverty increased also, by 1.1 million, to 37.0 million in 2004. | Previous
12.5 percent |
Current
12.7 percent |
 Income by Definition |
Median household income was $44,389 in 2004, unchanged from 2003 in real terms. Median household income was also unchanged in real terms between 2002 and 2003. Compared with 1967, the first year for which household income statistics are available, real median household income was up 30 percent. | Previous
$44,482 in 2003 dollars |
Current
$44,389 in 2003 dollars |
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