US Census Economic Briefing

Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
Thu Dec 04 10:00 am
New orders for manufactured goods in September, up two consecutive months, increased $1.2 billion or 0.2 percent to $612.6 billion.


September 2025: +0.2° % Change
August 2025 (r): +1.3° % Change


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Advance Monthly Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
Wed Nov 26 8:30 am
New orders for manufactured durable goods in September, up two consecutive months, increased $1.5 billion or 0.5 percent to $313.7 billion.


September 2025: +0.5° % Change
August 2025 (r): +3.0° % Change


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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
Tue Nov 25 10:00 am
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for August 2025 were $2,663.7 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,950.9 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month.


August 2025: 0.0* % Change in Inventories
July 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories


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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
Tue Nov 25 8:30 am
U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2025 were $733.3 billion, an increase of 0.2 percent (+/-0.4 percent)* from the previous month.


September 2025: +0.2* % Change
August 2025 (r): +0.6 % Change


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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
Fri Nov 21 10:00 am
August 2025 sales of merchant wholesalers were $711.1 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $907.9 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.


August 2025: 0.0* % Change in Inventories
July 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories


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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
Wed Nov 19 8:30 am
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $59.6 billion in August from $78.2 billion in July (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.


August 2025: -23.8° % Change
July 2025 (r): 32.3° % Change


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Construction Spending
Mon Nov 17 10:00 am
Total construction activity for August 2025 ($2,169.5 billion) was 0.2 percent (+/-0.7 percent)* above the revised July 2025 ($2,165.0 billion).


August 2025: +0.2* % Change
July 2025 (r): +0.2* % Change


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Advance Wholesale Inventories
Thu Sep 25 8:30 am
August end-of-month inventories were $905.2 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.


August 2025: -0.2* % Change in Inventories
July 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories


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Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods
Thu Sep 25 8:30 am
The advance international trade deficit in goods decreased to $85.5 billion in August from $102.8 billion in July as imports decreased more than exports.


August 2025: -16.8° % Change
July 2025: 21.6° % Change


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Advance Retail Inventories
Thu Sep 25 8:30 am
August 2025 end-of-month inventories were $809.4 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.


August 2025: 0.0* % Change in Inventories
July 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories


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New Home Sales
Wed Sep 24 10:00 am
Sales of new single-family houses in August 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 800,000. This is 20.5 percent (+/- 21.8%)* above the revised July 2025 estimate of 664,000.


August 2025: +20.5* % Change
July 2025 (r): -1.8* % Change


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New Residential Construction
Wed Sep 17 8:30 am
Privately-owned housing starts in August 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,307,000. This is 8.5 percent (+/- 10.7%)* below the revised July 2025 estimate of 1,429,000.


August 2025: -8.5* % Change
July 2025 (r): +3.4* % Change


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