|
CHART:
Housing Starts/Building Permits |
Housing
Starts/Building Permits
Privately-owned
housing starts in October were
at a seasonally adjusted annual
rate of 1,486,000. This is
14.6 percent below the revised
September 2006 estimate of
1,740,000.
|
Previous
+4.9
September
2006
%
change
|
Current
-14.6
October
2006
%
change
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
November
17,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Advance Report on Durable Goods
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories,
and Orders |
Advance
Report on Durable Goods Manufacturers'
Shipments, Inventories, and
Orders
New
orders for manufactured durable
goods in September increased
$16.3 billion or 7.8 percent
to $226.7 billion.
|
Previous
-0.1
August
2006
%
change
|
Current
7.8
September
2006
%
change
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
October
26,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories,
and Orders |
Manufacturers'
Shipments, Inventories, and
Orders
New
orders for manufactured goods
in September increased $8.6
billion or 2.1 percent to $411.2
billion.
|
Previous
-0.3
August
2006
%
change
|
Current
2.1
September
2006
%
change
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
November
02,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Advance Monthly Sales for Retail
and Food Services |
Advance
Monthly Sales for Retail
and Food Services
U.S.
retail and food service sales
for October reached $363.7
billion, down 0.2 percent from
the previous month.
|
Previous
-0.4
September
2006
%
change
|
Current
-0.2
October
2006
%
change
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
November
14,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Manufacturing and Trade Inventories
and Sales |
Manufacturing
and Trade Inventories and
Sales
U.S.
total business sales for September
were $1,050.8 bil, down 2.0%
from last month. Month-end
inventories were $1,362.6 bil,
up 0.4% from last month.
|
Previous
0.5
August
2006
%
Change in sales
|
Current
-2.0
September
2006
%
Change in sales
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
November
14,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Quarterly Financial Report -
Retail Trade |
Quarterly
Financial Report - Retail
Trade
After-tax
profits for retail corporations
with assets greater than $50
million averaged 2.8 cents
per dollar of sales for the
second quarter 2006, down 0.6
(+/-0.1) cent from the average
of 3.4 cents in the preceding
quarter.
|
Previous
-0.5
1st
Qtr. 2006
cents
|
Current
-0.6
2nd
Qtr. 2006
cents
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
October
11,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Quarterly Financial Report -
Manufacturing, Mining and Trade |
Quarterly
Financial Report - Manufacturing,
Mining and Trade
Manufacturing
corporations' seasonally adjusted
after-tax profits averaged
7.7 cents per dollar of sales
for the second quarter of 2006,
down 0.6 (+/- 0.1) cents from
the average of 8.3 cents of
the first quarter of 2006.
|
Previous
1.1
1st
Qtr 2006
cents
|
Current
-0.6
2nd
Qtr 2006
cents
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
September
11,
2006. |
|
CHART:
Quarterly Services Survey |
Quarterly
Services Survey
U.S.
Information Services sector
revenue for the second quarter
of 2006, not adjusted for seasonal
variation, holiday or trading-day
differences, or price changes,
was $261.7 billion, an increase
of 4.9 percent from the first
quarter of 2006.
|
Previous
-3.7
1st
Qtr 2006
%
change
|
Current
+4.9
2nd
Qtr 2006
%
change
|
| Provided
by
U.S.
Census
Bureau as
of
September
13,
2006. |
|
SUMMARY:
G.17 Release |
Industrial
Production
Industrial
production rose 0.2 percent
in October after having decreased
0.6 percent in September; production
in August was revised up to
show a gain of 0.3 percent.
|
Previous
-.6
September
2006
(%
change)
|
Current
.2
October
2006
(%
change)
|
| Provided
by
Federal
Reserve
Board as
of
November
16,
2006. |
|
SUMMARY:
G.17 Release |
Capacity
Utilization
The
rate of capacity utilization
for total industry rose 0.1
percentage point, to 82.2 percent,
a level 1.2 percentage points
above its 1972-2005 average.
|
Previous
82.1
September
2006
(%
of capacity)
|
Current
82.2
October
2006
(%
of capacity)
|
| Provided
by
Federal
Reserve
Board as
of
November
16,
2006. |
