• Business Formation Statistics
  December 12, 2025
  Total U.S. Business Applications were 535,041 in November 2025, up 7.1% from October 2025.November 2025: 7.1° % ChangeOctober 2025: -1.9° % Change
• Quarterly Services Survey
  December 11, 2025
  U.S. selected services total revenue for the third quarter of 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $6,119.4 billion, an increase of 2.4 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2025 and up 7.2 percent (+/- 0.6 percent) from the third quarter of 2024. The first quarter of 2025 to second quarter of 2025 percentage change was revised from 2.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) […]
• Housing Vacancies and Homeownership
  December 11, 2025
  The homeownership rate of 65.3 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the third quarter 2024 (65.6 percent). The homeownership rate in the Midwest was lower than the rate in the third quarter 2024 while the rates in the Northeast, South, and West were not statistically different from the third quarter 2024.3rd Qtr 2025: -0.3* Percentage Points3rd Qtr 2024: -0.4* Percentage Points
• Rental Vacancy Rate
  December 11, 2025
  The rental vacancy rate of 7.1 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the third quarter 2024 (6.9 percent). The rental vacancy rate was higher in the South than in the third quarter 2024, while the rates in Northeast, Midwest, and West were not statistically different from the third quarter 2024.3rd Qtr 2025: +0.2* Percentage Points3rd Qtr 2024: +0.3* Percentage Points
• Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
  December 11, 2025
  September 2025 sales of merchant wholesalers were $708.2 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $911.5 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.September 2025: +0.5 % Change in InventoriesAugust 2025 (r): -0.1* % Change in Inventories
• U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
  December 11, 2025
  The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $52.8 billion in September from $59.3 billion in August (revised), as exports increased more than imports.September 2025: -10.9° % ChangeAugust 2025 (r): -23.2° % Change
• Construction Spending
  December 6, 2025
  Total construction activity for August 2025 ($2,169.5 billion) was 0.2 percent (+/-0.7 percent)* above the revised July 2025 ($2,165.0 billion).August 2025: +0.2* % ChangeJuly 2025 (r): +0.2* % Change
• Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
  December 4, 2025
  New orders for manufactured goods in September, up two consecutive months, increased $1.2 billion or 0.2 percent to $612.6 billion.September 2025: +0.2° % ChangeAugust 2025 (r): +1.3° % Change
• Advance Monthly Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
  November 26, 2025
  New orders for manufactured durable goods in September, up two consecutive months, increased $1.5 billion or 0.5 percent to $313.7 billion.September 2025: +0.5° % ChangeAugust 2025 (r): +3.0° % Change
• Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
  November 25, 2025
  U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for August 2025 were $2,663.7 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,950.9 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month.August 2025: 0.0* % Change in InventoriesJuly 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories
• Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
  November 25, 2025
  U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2025 were $733.3 billion, an increase of 0.2 percent (+/-0.4 percent)* from the previous month.September 2025: +0.2* % ChangeAugust 2025 (r): +0.6 % Change
• Advance Retail Inventories
  September 25, 2025
  August 2025 end-of-month inventories were $809.4 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.August 2025: 0.0* % Change in InventoriesJuly 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories

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