US Census Economic Briefing

Advance Retail Inventories
Thu Aug 27 8:30 am
July 2026 end-of-month inventories were $838.5 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/-0.2 percent) from last month.


July 2026: +0.7 % Change in Inventories
June 2026 (r): -0.2* % Change in Inventories


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Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods
Thu Aug 27 8:30 am
The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $118.8 billion in July from $101.4 billion in June as exports decreased and imports increased.


July 2026: 17.2° % Change
June 2026: -3.7° % Change


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Advance Wholesale Inventories
Thu Aug 27 8:30 am
July end-of-month inventories were $959.1 billion, up 1.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.


July 2026: +1.3 % Change in Inventories
June 2026 (r): +0.3 % Change in Inventories


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Advance Monthly Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
Wed Aug 26 8:30 am
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July, up four of the last five months, increased $3.6 billion or 1.1 percent to $339.3 billion.


July 2026: +1.1° % Change
June 2026 (r): +0.5° % Change


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New Home Sales
Tue Aug 25 10:00 am
Sales of new single-family houses in July 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000. This is 10.5 percent (+/- 14.0%)* below the revised June 2026 estimate of 678,000.


July 2026: -10.5* % Change
June 2026 (r): +7.6* % Change


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Quarterly Services Survey
Thu Aug 20 10:00 am
Advance U.S. selected services total revenue for the second quarter of 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $6,421.9 billion, an increase of 3.1 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the first quarter of 2026 and up 7.7 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the second quarter of 2025.


2nd Qtr 2026: +3.1 % Change
1st Qtr 2026 (r): +1.1 % Change


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New Residential Construction
Tue Aug 18 8:30 am
Privately-owned housing starts in July 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,239,000. This is 12.4 percent (+/- 9.5%) below the revised June 2026 estimate of 1,415,000.


July 2026: -12.4 % Change
June 2026 (r): +19.7 % Change


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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
Fri Aug 14 10:00 am
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for June 2026 were $2,740.2 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $2,111.3 billion, down 1.1 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.


June 2026: 0.0* % Change in Inventories
May 2026 (r): +0.4 % Change in Inventories


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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
Fri Aug 14 8:30 am
U.S. retail and food services sales for July 2026 were $763.6 billion, down 0.6 percent (+/-0.4 percent) from the previous month.


July 2026: -0.6 % Change
June 2026 (r): +0.2* % Change


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Business Formation Statistics
Wed Aug 12 10:00 am
Total U.S. Business Applications were 578,926 in July 2026, up 8.1% from June 2026.


July 2026: +8.1° % Change
June 2026 (r): +1.3° % Change


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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
Thu Aug 06 10:00 am
June 2026 sales of merchant wholesalers were $794.1 billion, down 3.0 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $944.7 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.


June 2026: +0.2* % Change in Inventories
May 2026 (r): +0.3 % Change in Inventories


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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
Tue Aug 04 10:00 am
New orders for manufactured goods in June, down two consecutive months, decreased $2.3 billion or 0.3 percent to $656.5 billion.


June 2026: -0.3° % Change
May 2026 (r): -1.1° % Change


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