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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured goods in December decreased $16.4 billion or 3.4 percent to $471.5 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: February 3, 2015 Next Release: March 5, 2015	December 2014 -3.4° % change	November 2014 (r) -1.7° % change
Construction Spending Total construction activity for December 2014 ($982.1 billion) was 0.4 percent (+/-1.3%)* above the revised November 2014 ($978.6 billion). Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 2003 - present Historic Time Series - 1993 - present (new format) 1964 - 2001 (legacy format) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: February 2, 2015 Next Release: March 2, 2015	December 2014 +0.4* % change	November 2014 (r) -0.2* % change
Rental Vacancy Rate The rental vacancy rate in the fourth quarter 2014 was 7.0 percent, down 1.2 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the fourth quarter 2013 rate of 8.2 percent. The rental vacancy rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South and West were lower than the corresponding fourth quarter 2013 rates. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1994 - present Historic Time Series - 1956 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 29, 2015 Next Release: April 28, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 +7.0 percent	4th Qtr 2013 +8.2 percent
Homeownership Rate The homeownership rate in the fourth quarter 2014 was 64.0 percent, down 1.2 (+/- 0.4) percentage points from the fourth quarter 2013 rate of 65.2 percent. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest and South were lower than the rates in the fourth 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: January 29, 2015 Next Release: April 28, 2015	4th Qtr 2014 +64.0 percent	4th Qtr 2013 +65.2 percent
New Residential Sales Sales of new single-family houses in December 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 481,000. This is 11.6 percent (+/- 16.5%)* above the revised November 2014 estimate of 431,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1963 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 27, 2015 Next Release: February 25, 2015	December 2014 +11.6* % change	November 2014 (r) -6.7* % change
Advance Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders New orders for manufactured durable goods in December decreased $8.1 billion or 3.4 percent to $230.5 billion. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1992 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present (NAICS) 1958 - 2001 (SIC)	Released: January 27, 2015 Next Release: February 26, 2015	December 2014 -3.4° % change	November 2014 (r) -2.1° % change
New Residential Construction Privately-owned housing starts in December 2014 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,089,000. This is 4.4 percent (+/- 11.7%)* above the revised November 2014 estimate of 1,043,000. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1995 - present Historic Time Series - 1959 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 21, 2015 Next Release: February 18, 2015	December 2014 +4.4* % change	November 2014 (r) -4.5* % change
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for November 2014 were $1,763.6 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.1%) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,345.8 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/-0.2%)* from last month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1996 - present Historic Time Series - Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 14, 2015 Next Release: February 12, 2015	November 2014 +0.2 % change in Inventories	October 2014 (r) +0.2 % change in Inventories
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services U.S. retail and food services sales for December were $442.9 billion, a decrease of 0.9 percent (+/-0.5%) from the previous month. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1953 - present Historic Time Series - 1992 - present Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 14, 2015 Next Release: February 12, 2015	December 2014 -0.9 % change	November 2014 (r) +0.4 % change
Monthly Wholesale Trade November 2014 sales of merchant wholesalers were $452.2 billion, down 0.3 percent (+/- 0.5%)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $547.2 billion, up 0.8 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: January 9, 2015 Next Release: February 10, 2015	November 2014 +0.8 % change in Inventories	October 2014 (r) +0.6 % change in Inventories
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services The Nation's international trade balance in goods and services increased to -$39.0 billion in November from -$42.2 billion in October (revised), as imports decreased more than exports. Current Press Release -	Archived Releases - 1991 - present Historic Time Series - US Trade Data (various) Country&Product Data (various) Time Series/Trend Charts	Released: January 7, 2015 Next Release: February 5, 2015	November 2014 -39.0° $ billion	October 2014 (r) -42.2° $ billion
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
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
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

(*) 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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