The Nation's international deficit in goods and services decreased to $36.0 billion in January 2009 from $39.9 billion in December, as imports decreased more than exports.
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January 2009
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December 2008
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- Released: March 13, 2009
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U.S. total business sales for January were $1,004.0 billion, down 1.0% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,440.1 billion, down 1.1% from last month.
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Current
-1.0
% Change in sales
January 2009
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Previous
-3.2
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December 2008
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- Released: March 12, 2009
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U.S. retail and food service sales for February reached $346.8 billion, a decrease of 0.1 percent from the previous month.
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-0.1
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February 2009
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January 2009
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- Released: March 12, 2009
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U.S. Information sector revenue for the fourth quarter of 2008, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $278.9 billion, a decrease of 1.2 percent (+/- 0.5) from the third quarter of 2008.
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-1.2
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4th Qtr 2008
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3rd Qtr 2008
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- Released: March 11, 2009
- Next release: June 10, 2009
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January 2009 sales of merchant wholesalers were $326.1 billion, down 2.9 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $424.2 billion, down 0.7 percent from last month.
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Current
-0.7
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January 2009
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December 2008
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- Released: March 10, 2009
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New orders for manufactured goods in January decreased $6.9 billion or 1.9 percent to $351.9 billion.
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Current
-1.9
% change
January 2009
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December 2008
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- Released: March 5, 2009
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Total construction activity for January 2009 ($986.2 billion) was 3.3 percent below the revised December 2008 ($1,020.0 billion). Please see our web site for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending
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Current
-3.3
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January 2009
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December 2008
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- Released: March 2, 2009
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Sales of new one-family houses in January 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 309,000. This is 10.2% below the revised December 2008 estimate of 344,000.
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Current
-10.2
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January 2009
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December 2008
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in January decreased $9.0 billion or 5.2 percent to $163.8 billion.
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Current
-5.2
% change
January 2009
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December 2008
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Homeownership Rate (HR)
The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2008 (67.5 percent) was not statistically differerent from the fourth quarter 2007 rate (67.8 percent). No region showed a significant change from corresponding rates in the fourth quarter 2007.
Rental Vacancy Rate (RVR)
The rental vacancy rate in fourth quarter 2008 (10.1 percent), was higher than the fourth quarter 2007 rate (9.6 percent).
Homeowner Vacancy Rate (HVR)
The homeowner vacancy rate in fourth quarter 2008 (2.9 percent) was not statistically different from the fourth quarter 2007 rate (2.8 percent).
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Current
67.5
percent
4th Qtr 2008 (HR)
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Previous
67.8
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4th Qtr 2007 (HR)
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- Released: February 3, 2009
- Next release: April 27, 2009
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Privately-owned housing starts in January 2009 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 466,000. This is 16.8 percent below the revised December 2008 estimate of 560,000.
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Current
-16.8
% change
January 2009
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December 2008
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- Released: February 18, 2009
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After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets greater than $50 million averaged 1.6 cents per dollar of sales for the third quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Oct. 31, 2008), down 0.7 (+/- 0.1) cents from the average of 2.3 cents for the second quarter 2008 (the 3 months ending Jul. 31, 2008).
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3rd Qtr. 2008
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2nd Qtr. 2008
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- Released: January 7, 2009
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Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 7.5 cents per dollar of sales for the third quarter of 2008, up 1.4 (+/- 0.1) cents from the average of 6.1 cents for the second quarter of 2008.
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+1.4
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3rd Qtr 2008
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2nd Qtr 2008
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- Released: December 8, 2008
- Next release: March 30, 2009
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