Census Economic Indicators 63012
- Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
U.S. retail and food service sales for July reached $362.7 billion, a increase of 0.4 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month. July 2010: 0.4 % change June 2010: -0.3 % change
- Quarterly Services Survey
U.S. Information sector revenue for the second quarter of 2010, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $290.9 billion, a increase of 0.8 percent (+/- 0.3) from the first quart
- Construction Spending
Total construction activity for July 2010 ($805.2 billion) was 1.0 percent below the revised June 2010 ($813.1 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructio
- Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured goods in July increased $0.6 billion or 0.1 percent to $409.5 billion. July 2010: 0.1 % change June 2010: -0.6 % change
- Housing Starts/Building Permits
Privately-owned housing starts in July 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 546,000. This is 1.7 percent above the revised June 2010 estimate of 537,000. July 2010: +1.7 % change June
- Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $0.6 billion or 0.3 percent to $193.0 billion. July 2010: 0.3 % change June 2010: -0.1 % change
- New Home Sales
Sales of new one-family houses in July 2010 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 276,000. This is 12.4% below the revised June 2010 estimate of 315,000. July 2010: -12.4 % change June 2010
- Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
U.S. total business sales for June 2010 were $1,080.5 billion, down 0.6% (±0.2%) from last month. Month end inventories were $1,359.9 billion, up 0.3% (±0.1%) from last month. June 2010: -0.6 % C
- Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
June 2010 sales of merchant wholesalers were $347.4 billion, down 0.7 percent (+/-0.5%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $399.2 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/-0.4%) from last month. June
- Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade
After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 3.0 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter 2010 (the 3 months ending Apr. 30, 2010), down 0.1 (+/- 0.1