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September 2005 US Economic Indicators
2005/09/30 - Personal income in August fell 0.1% to $10,288.4 billion. Nominal personal consumption expenditures fell 0.5% and real fell 1.0%. Nominal disposible personal income fell 0.1% and real fell 0.5%. Personal saving as a percentage of DPI was -0.7%.
2005/09/29 - Real gross domestic product increased at a 3.3-percent annual rate in the second quarter, unrevised from the last month's estimate of a 3.3-percent advance.
2005/09/28 - New orders for manufactured durable goods in August were $210.9 billion, up 3.3 percent from July. Shipments were $208.5 billion, up 1.7 percent, while nondefense capital goods were $74.3 billion, up 4.3 percent. Inventories decreased 0.2 percent to $282.2 billion.
2005/09/27 - New home sales in August were 1,237,000, down 9.9 percent from July, but up 6.2 percent from August 2004.
2005/09/20 - Housing starts in August were 2,009 thousand, down 1.3% from July and down 0.8% from August 2004. Permits were 2,124 thousand, down 2.2% from July but up 3.2% from one year ago.
2005/09/16 - The U.S. current account deficit decreased to $195.7 billion in the second quarter of 2005, down 1.5% from the first quarter.
2005/09/15 - Business inventories in July 2005 were $1270.6 billion, down 0.5 percent from June, but up 4.2 percent from July 2004. Sales were $1011.8 billion, up 1.1 percent from June, and up 8.2 percent from one year ago.
2005/09/14 - Retail sales for August were $350.1 billion, down 2.1 percent from July, but up 7.9 percent from one year ago. Excluding automobiles, retail sales in August were $274.9 billion, up 1.0 percent from July, and up 9.4 percent from one year ago.
2005/09/13 - The trade deficit in goods and services in July was $57.9 billion, down 2.6 percent from June. Exports were $106.2 billion, up 0.4 percent, and imports were $164.2 billion, down 0.7 percent from June.
2005/09/08 - Wholesale inventories in July were $352.0 billion, down 0.1% from June, but up 8.2% from one year ago. Sales were $298.7 billion, up 0.5% from last month and up 7.5% from July 2004.
2005/09/01 - Construction spending in July was $1,099 billion, virtually unchanged from June but up 6% from July 2004. Total non-residential construction spending was $477 billion, down 0.3% from last month but up 3.1% from one year ago.
2005/09/01 - Personal income in July rose 0.3%, to $10,303.1 billion. Nominal personal consumption expenditures rose 1.0%, while real PCE increased 0.7%. Nominal disposable personal income rose 0.3%, while real DPI was unchanged. The personal savings rate as a percentage of DPI fell 0.6%.