CHART: New housing starts
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Housing Starts
Privately owned housing starts in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,978,000 up 8.3% from the revised June 2004 figure of 1,826,000.
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Previous
-7.7
June 2004
% change
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Current
+8.3
July 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of August 17, 2004.
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CHART: Durable goods new orders
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Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments and Orders
New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $3.2 billion to $195.6 billion. (Released August 25, 2004).
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Previous
1.1
June 2004
% change
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Current
1.7
July 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of August 25, 2004.
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CHART: Manufacturers' new orders
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured goods in July increased $4.8 billion or 1.3 percent to $369.6 billion. (Released September 2, 2004).
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Previous
1.2
June 2004
% change
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Current
1.3
July 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of September 02, 2004.
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CHART: Monthly retail sales
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Advance Retail and Food Service Sales
U.S. retail and food service sales for August were $335.2 billion, down 0.3 percent from the previous month. (Released 09/14/04)
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Previous
0.8
July 2004
% change
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Current
-0.3
August 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of September 14, 2004.
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CHART: Total Business Sales
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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
U.S. total business sales for July were $946.2 bil, up 0.6% from last month. Month-end inventories were $1,246.8 bil, up 0.9% from last month. (Released 09/15/04)
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Previous
0.2
June 2004
% Change in sales
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Current
0.6
July 2004
% Change in sales
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of September 15, 2004.
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CHART: Retail Profits Per Dollar of Sales
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Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade
After-tax profits for retail corporations' with assets greater than $50 million averaged 2.6 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter 2004, down 0.9 (+/-0.1)cents from the preceding quarter. (Released: July 14, 2004. Next: October 13, 2004.)
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Previous
+1.0
4th qtr 2003
cents
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Current
-0.9
1st qtr 2004
cents
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of July 14, 2004.
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CHART: Manufacturing Profits Per Dollar of Sales
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Quarterly Financial Report - Manufacturing, Mining and Trade
Manufacturing corporations' seasonally adjusted after-tax profits averaged 6.4 cents per dollar of sales for the first quarter of 2004, unchanged from the preceding quarter. (Released: June 14, 2004. Next Release: September 13, 2004.)
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Previous
+1.3
4th Qtr 2003
% change
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Current
0.0
1st Qtr 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of June 14, 2004.
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CHART: Quarterly Services Survey
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Quarterly Services Survey
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
First Qtr. 2004
% change
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Current
4.4
Second Quarter 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of September 13, 2004.
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SUMMARY: G.17 Release
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Industrial Production
Industrial production moved up 0.8 percent in April after having ticked down 0.1 percent in March.
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Previous
-.1
March 2004
(% change)
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Current
.8
April 2004
(% change)
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Provided by
Federal Reserve Board as of July 15, 2004.
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SUMMARY: G.17 Release
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Capacity Utilization
Capacity utilization for total industry increased to 76.9 percent, a rate 0.5 percentage point above that of its first-quarter average but still more than 4 percentage points below its 1972-2003 average.
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Previous
76.5
March 2004
(% of capacity)
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Current
76.9
April 2004
(% of capacity)
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Provided by
Federal Reserve Board as of July 15, 2004.
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