Sales of new one-family houses in July 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 433,000. This is 9.6% above the revised June 2009 estimate of 395,000.
July 2009: +9.6 % change
June 2009: +9.1 % change
Total construction activity for July 2009 ($958.0 billion) was 0.2 percent below the revised June 2009 ($959.5 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending
July 2009: -0.2 % change
June 2009: 0.1 % change
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $7.8 billion or 4.9 percent to $168.4 billion.
July 2009: 4.9 % change
June 2009: -1.3 % change
U.S. total business sales for June were $975.8 billion, up 0.9 percent (±0.2%) from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,350.0 billion, down 1.1 percent (±0.1%) from last month.
June 2009: +0.9 % Change in sales
May 2009: -0.1 % Change in sales
Privately-owned housing starts in July 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 581,000. This is 1.0 percent below the revised June 2009 estimate of 587,000.
July 2009: -1.0 % change
June 2009: +6.5 % change
U.S. retail and food service sales for July reached $342.3 billion, a decrease of 0.1 percent (±0.5%)* from the previous month.
July 2009: -0.1 % change
June 2009: +0.8 % change
The Nation’s international deficit in goods and services increased to $27.0 billion in June from $26.0 billion (revised) in May, as imports increased more than exports.
June 2009: -27.0 $ billion
May 2009: -26.0 $ billion
New orders for manufactured goods in June increased $1.4 billion or 0.4 percent to $349.0 billion.
June 2009: 0.4 % change
May 2009: 1.1 % change
June 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers were $313.1 billion, up 0.4 percent (+/-0.7%) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $393.9 billion, down 1.7 percent (+/-0.4%) from last month.
June 2009: -1.7 % change in Inv
May 2009: -1.2 % change in Inv
Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate (67.4 percent) for the current quarter was lower than the rate in second quarter 2008 (68.1 percent), but not statistically different from the rate in second quarter 2009
(67.3 percent).
Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in second quarter 2009 (10.6 percent) was higher than the second quarter 2008 rate (10.0 percent).
Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate in second quarter 2009 (2.5 percent) was lower than the second quarter 2008 rate (2.8 percent).
2nd Qtr 2009
(HR): 67.4 percent
2nd Qtr 2008
(HR): 68.1 percent
