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November 2005 US Economic Indicators
2005/11/30 - Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 4.3% in the third quarter of 2005, according to today's preliminary estimate. This follows a growth rate of 3.3% in the second quarter. Corporate profits decreased $45.5 billion this quarter, following a $59.3 billion increase in the previous quarter.
2005/11/30 - New home sales in October were 1,424,000, up 13% from last month and up 9% from one year ago.
2005/11/29 - New orders for manufactured durable goods in October were $214.4 billion, up 3.4% from last month. Overall shipments were $212.7 billion, up 1.4%, while non-defense capital goods shipments were $67.3 billion, up 4.4%. Inventories increased 0.4%, to $283.3 billion.
2005/11/29 - Retail electronic commerce (e-commerce) sales in the third quarter of 2005 were $22.3 billion, up 5.7% from the previous quarter and up 26.7% from one year ago. E-commerce sales in the third quarter accounted for 2.3% of total retail sales.
2005/11/17 - Housing starts in October 2005 were 2,014,000, down 5.6% from September and down 2.3% from October 2004. Permits were 2,071,000, down 6.7% from last month and down 1.1% from one year ago.
2005/11/16 - Business inventories in September 2005 were $1,282.1 billion, up 0.5% from August and up 4.3% from September 2004. Sales were $1,021.6 billion, up 0.6% from last month and up 7.8% from one year ago.
2005/11/15 - Retail sales for October were $351.6 billion, down 0.1% from September but up 5.7% from one year ago. Excluding automobiles, retail sales were $281.9 billion, up 0.9% from last month and up 9.9% from October 2004.
2005/11/10 - The U.S. international trade in goods and services deficit in September grew by 11.4% over August, to -$66.1 billion. Exports were $105.2 billion, down 7.6%, while imports were $171.3 billion, up 2.4%.
2005/11/10 - Wholesale inventories in September were $356.5 billion, up 0.6 percent from August and up 8.0 percent from one year ago. Sales were $311.1 billion, up 2.4 percent from August and up 10.5 percent from one year ago.
2005/11/04 - New orders for manufactured goods in September fell 1.7%, to $390 billion. Shipments declined 0.5%, to $393 billion. Unfilled orders rose 0.7%, to $594.1 billion. And inventories decreased 0.1%, to $462.7 billion.
2005/11/02 - Construction spending in September 2005 was $1,120 billion, up 0.5% from August and up 6.8% from September 2004. Total non-residential construction spending was $489.6 billion, down 0.1% from last month but up 5.3% from one year ago.
2005/11/01 - Personal income in September rose 1.7%, to $10,377.0 billion. Nominal personal consumption expenditures rose 0.5%, while real PCE fell -0.4%. Nominal disposable personal income increased 1.9% and real DPI rose 1.0%. The personal savings rate as a percentage of DPI was -0.4%.