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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • August 2025 sales of merchant wholesalers were $711.1 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month. End-of-month inventories were $907.9 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.August 2025: 0.0* % Change in InventoriesJuly 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories
  • The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $59.6 billion in August from $78.2 billion in July (revised), as exports increased and imports decreased.August 2025: -23.8° % ChangeJuly 2025 (r): 32.3° % Change
  • New orders for manufactured goods in August, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $8.4 billion or 1.4 percent to $612.0 billion.August 2025: +1.4° % ChangeJuly 2025 (r): -1.3° % Change
  • 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
  • The advance international trade deficit in goods decreased to $85.5 billion in August from $102.8 billion in July as imports decreased more than exports.August 2025: -16.8° % ChangeJuly 2025: 21.6° % Change
  • August end-of-month inventories were $905.2 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.August 2025: -0.2* % Change in InventoriesJuly 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories
  • 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
  • Sales of new single-family houses in August 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 800,000. This is 20.5 percent (+/- 21.8%)* above the revised July 2025 estimate of 664,000.August 2025: +20.5* % ChangeJuly 2025 (r): -1.8* % Change
  • Privately-owned housing starts in August 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,307,000. This is 8.5 percent (+/- 10.7%)* below the revised July 2025 estimate of 1,429,000.August 2025: -8.5* % ChangeJuly 2025 (r): +3.4* % Change

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