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  • Sales of new single-family houses in January 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 587,000. This is 17.6 percent (+/- 13.3%) below the revised December 2025 estimate of 712,000.January 2026: -17.6 % ChangeDecember 2025 (r): -6.8* % Change
  • January 2026 sales of merchant wholesalers were $727.5 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.5 percent)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $909.3 billion, down 0.5 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.January 2026: -0.5 % Change in InventoriesDecember 2025 (r): -0.1* % Change in Inventories
  • New orders for manufactured goods in January, up two of the last three months, increased $0.9 billion or 0.1 percent to $620.1 billion.January 2026: +0.1° % ChangeDecember 2025 (r): -0.4° % Change
  • New orders for manufactured durable goods in January, down three of the last four months, decreased $0.1 billion or virtually unchanged to $321.2 billion.January 2026: -0.0° % ChangeDecember 2025 (r): -0.9° % Change
  • U.S. selected services total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $6,163.5 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from the third quarter of 2025 and up 6.7 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the fourth quarter of 2024. The third quarter of 2025 to fourth quarter of 2025 percentage change was not revised from the advance estimate.4th Qtr […]
  • Privately-owned housing starts in January 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,487,000. This is 7.2 percent (+/- 13.7%)* above the revised December 2025 estimate of 1,387,000.January 2026: +7.2* % ChangeDecember 2025 (r): +4.8* % Change
  • The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $54.5 billion in January from $72.9 billion in December (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.January 2026: -25.3° % ChangeDecember 2025 (r): 30.1° % Change
  • Total U.S. Business Applications were 496,443 in February 2026, down 5.8% from January 2026.February 2026: -5.8° % ChangeJanuary 2026 (r): +6.2° % Change
  • U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for December 2025 were $2,680.7 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,965.9 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.December 2025: +0.1* % Change in InventoriesNovember 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories
  • U.S. retail and food services sales January 2026 were $733.5 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/-0.4 percent)* from the previous month.January 2026: -0.2* % ChangeDecember 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change
  • Total construction activity for December 2025 ($2,168.8 billion) was 0.3 percent (+/-0.5 percent)* above November 2025 ($2,163.1 billion).December 2025: +0.3* % ChangeNovember 2025 (r): -0.2* % Change
  • December 2025 end-of-month inventories were $812.5 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.December 2025: 0.0* % Change in InventoriesNovember 2025 (r): -0.5 % Change in Inventories

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