CHART: New housing starts
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Housing Starts
Privately owned housing starts in September were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,898,000 down 6.0% from the revised August 2004 figure of 2,020,000.
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Previous
+1.8
August 2004
% change
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Current
-6.0
September 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of October 19, 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 September increased $0.4 billion or 0.2 percent to $195.7 billion. (Released October 27, 2004).
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Previous
-0.6
August 2004
% change
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Current
0.2
September 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of October 27, 2004.
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CHART: Manufacturers' new orders
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured goods in September decreased $1.3 billion or 0.4 percent to $368.3 billion. (Released November 3, 2004).
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Previous
-0.3
August 2004
% change
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Current
-0.4
September 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of November 03, 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 September were $341.3 billion, up 1.5 percent from the previous month. (Released 10/15/04)
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Previous
-0.2
August 2004
% change
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Current
1.5
September 2004
% change
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of October 15, 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 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
July 2004
% Change in sales
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Current
0.7
August 2004
% Change in sales
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of October 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 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
1st qtr 2004
cents
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Current
+0.4
2nd qtr 2004
cents
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Provided by
U.S. Census Bureau as of October 13, 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 rose 0.1 percent in September after having edged down 0.1 percent in August.
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Previous
-.1
August 2004
(% change)
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Current
.1
September 2004
(% change)
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Provided by
Federal Reserve Board as of October 15, 2004.
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SUMMARY: G.17 Release
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Capacity Utilization
Capacity utilization for total industry was unchanged in September, at 77.2 percent, a rate 2.3 percentage points above its year-earlier level but still 3.9 percentage points below its 1972-2003 average.
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Previous
77.2
August 2004
(% of capacity)
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Current
77.2
September 2004
(% of capacity)
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Provided by
Federal Reserve Board as of October 15, 2004.
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