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New Residential Construction Privately-owned housing starts in November 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,028,000. This is 1.6 percent (+/- 8.1%)* below the revised October 2014 estimate of 1,045,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1959 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 16, 2014 Next Release: January 21, 2015	November 2014 -1.6* % change	October 2014 (r) +1.7* % change
Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade After-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $17.3 billion for the third quarter 2014 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2014), down $3.4 (+/- 0.1) billion from second quarter 2014 (the 3 months ending July 31, 2014). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 15, 2014 Next Release: March 23, 2015	3rd Qtr 2014 -3.4 $ billion	2nd Qtr 2014 (r) +6.8 $ billion
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for October 2014 were $1,760.4 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/-0.1%) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,350.9 billion, down 0.1 percent (+/-0.3%)* from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1996 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 11, 2014 Next Release: January 14, 2015	October 2014 +0.2 % change in Inventories	September 2014 (r) +0.3 % change in Inventories
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services U.S. retail and food services sales for November were $449.3 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent (+/-0.5%) from the previous month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1953 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 11, 2014 Next Release: January 14, 2015	November 2014 +0.7 % change	October 2014 (r) +0.5 % change
Quarterly Services Survey U.S. Information sector revenue for the third quarter of 2014, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $336.5 billion, an increase of 1.0 percent (+/- 0.8%) from the second quarter of 2014. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2004 - present Historic Time Series - 2004 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 10, 2014 Next Release: March 11, 2014	3rd Qtr 2014 +1.0 % change	2nd Qtr 2014 (r) +0.8* % change
Monthly Wholesale Trade October 2014 sales of merchant wholesalers were $454.6 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/-0.9%)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $542.0 billion, up 0.4 percent (+/-0.4%)* from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1990 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present, adjusted 1992 - present, not adjusted Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 9, 2014 Next Release: January 9, 2015	October 2014 +0.4* % change in Inventories	September 2014 (r) +0.4 % change in Inventories
Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining, Wholesale Trade, and Selected Service Industries Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $166.2 billion for the third quarter of 2014, up $12.6 (+/- 0.4) billion from second quarter of 2014. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1993 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 8, 2014 Next Release: March 23, 2015	3rd Qtr 2014 +12.6 $ billion	2nd Qtr 2014 (r) +14.6 $ billion
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured goods in October decreased $3.3 billion or 0.7 percent to $496.6 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 5, 2014 Next Release: January 6, 2015	October 2014 -0.7° % change	September 2014 (r) -0.5 % change
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services increased to -$43.4 billion in October from -$43.6 billion in September (revised), as exports increased more than imports. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1991 - present Historic Time Series - US Trade Data (various) Country&Product Data (various) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 5, 2014 Next Release: January 7, 2015	October 2014 -43.4° $ billion	September 2014 (r) -43.6 $ billion
Construction Spending Total construction activity for October 2014 ($971.0 billion) was 1.1 percent (+/-1.8%)* above the revised September 2014 ($960.3 billion). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2003 - present Historic Time Series - 1993 - present (new format) 1964 - 2001 (legacy format) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: December 2, 2014 Next Release: January 2, 2015	October 2014 +1.1* % change	September 2014 (r) -0.1* % change
New Residential Sales Sales of new single-family houses in October 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 458,000. This is 0.7 percent (+/- 16.5%)* above the revised September 2014 estimate of 455,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1963 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: November 26, 2014 Next Release: December 23, 2014	October 2014 +0.7* % change	September 2014 (r) +0.4* % change
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in October increased $1.0 billion or 0.4 percent to $243.8 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC)	Released: November 26, 2014 Next Release: December 23, 2014	October 2014 +0.4° % change	September 2014 (r) -0.9° % change
Homeownership Rate The homeownership rate in the third quarter 2014 was 64.4 percent, down 0.9 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the third quarter 2013 rate of 65.3 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest and South were lower than the rates in the third quarter 2013, while the rate in the West was not statistically different from the rate a year ago. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: October 28, 2014 Next Release: January 29, 2015	3rd Qtr 2014 +64.4 percent	3rd Qtr 2013 +65.3 percent
Rental Vacancy Rate The rental vacancy rate in the third quarter 2014 was 7.4 percent, down 0.9 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the third quarter 2013 rate of 8.3 percent. The rental vacancy rates in the Northeast and South were lower than the corresponding third quarter 2013 rates, while the rates in the Midwest and West were not statistically different from the rates a year ago. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: October 28, 2014 Next Release: January 29, 2015	3rd Qtr 2014 +7.4 percent	3rd Qtr 2013 +8.3 percent

(*) The 90% confidence interval includes zero. The Census Bureau does not have sufficient statistical evidence to conclude that the actual change is different from zero.

(°) Statistical significance is not applicable or not measurable for these surveys. The Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories and Orders estimates are not based on a probability sample, so we can neither measure the sampling error of these estimates nor compute confidence intervals.

(r) Revised.

All estimates are seasonally adjusted except for the Rental Vacancy Rate, Home Ownership Rate, and Quarterly Financial Report for Retail Trade. None of the estimates are adjusted for price changes.

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