Economic Indicator Calendar | Census Bureau Economic Programs |
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U.S. retail and food service sales for September were $341.3 billion, up
1.5 percent from the previous month. (Released 10/15/04)
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Previous
-0.2
% change |
Current
1.5
% change |
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U.S. total business sales for August were $955.9 bil, up 0.7% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,256.4 bil, up 0.7% from last month. (Released 10/15/04)
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Previous
0.9
% Change in sales |
Current
0.7
% Change in sales |
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The Nation’s international deficit in goods and services increased to $54.0 billion in August, from $50.5 billion (revised) in July, as imports increased more than exports.
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Previous
-50.5
$ billion |
Current
-54.0
$ billion |
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After-tax profits for retail corporations' with assets greater than $50 million averaged 3.3 cents per dollar of sales for the second quarter 2004, up 0.4 (+/-0.1)cents from the preceding quarter. (Released: October 13, 2004. Next: January 12, 2005)
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Previous
-0.6
cents |
Current
+0.4
cents |
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August 2004 sales of merchant wholesalers were $275.8 billion, up 1.2 percent from last month. End-of-month inventories were $317.2 billion, up 0.9 percent from last month. (10/8/04)
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Previous
1.5
% change in Inv |
Current
0.9
% change in Inv |
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New orders for manufactured goods in August decreased $0.3 billion or 0.1 percent to $370.5 billion. (Released October 4, 2004).
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Previous
1.7
% change |
Current
-0.1
% change |
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Total construction activity for August 2004 ($1,015.3 billion) was 0.8 percent above the revised July 2004 ($1,006.9 billion). Please see our website for further details: http://www.census.gov/constructionspending
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Previous
1.1
% change |
Current
0.8
% change |
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Sales of new one-family houses in August 2004 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,184,000. This is 9.4 above the revised July 2004 figure of 1,082,000.
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Previous
-7.3
% change |
Current
9.4
% change |
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New orders for manufactured durable goods in August decreased $0.9 billion to $195.4 billion. (Released September 24, 2004).
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Previous
1.8
% change |
Current
-0.5
% change |
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Privately owned housing starts in August were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2,000,000 up 0.6% from the revised July 2004 figure of 1,988,000.
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Previous
+9.4
% change |
Current
+0.6
% change |
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Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 6.9 cents per dollar of sales for the second quarter of 2004, up 0.5 (+/-0.1) from the preceding quarter. (Released: September 13, 2004. Next Release: December 14, 2004.)
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Previous
0.0
cents |
Current
+0.5
cents |
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U.S. Information sector revenue for the second quarter of 2004, not adjusted for seasonal variation, holiday or trading-day differences, or price changes, was $230.1 billion, an increase of 4.4 percent from the first quarter of 2004.
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Previous
-5.2
% change |
Current
4.4
% change |
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Compared with 1967, the first year for which household income statistics are available, 2003 real (inflation adjusted) median household income is up 30 percent. Over this period, median income tended to rise and fall along with the business cycle. Real median income peaked in 1999, was unchanged in 2000, declined over the next 2 years (by a cumulative 3.3 percent), and was unchanged in 2003.
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Previous
$43,381
in 2003 dollars |
Current
$43,318
in 2003 dollars |
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For the third consecutive year the poverty rate rose, from 12.1 percent in 2002 to 12.5 percent in 2003. The number of people in poverty increased also, by 1.3 million, to 35.9 million in 2003.
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Previous
12.1
percent |
Current
12.5
percent |
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The homeownership rate in the second quarter 2004 (69.2 percent) was higher than the second quarter 2003 rate (68.0 percent). The homeownership rates
in all four census regions were higher than their respective rates one year ago.
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Previous
68.0
percent |
Current
69.2
percent |