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January 2006 US Economic Indicators
2006/01/30 - Personal income in December rose 0.4%, to $10,505 billion. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased 0.9% and real PCE also rose 0.9%. Nominal disposable personal income (DPI) increased 0.4% and real DPI also rose 0.4%.
2006/01/28 - New home sales in December were 1,269,000, up 2.9% from November and up 1.8% from December 2004.
2006/01/28 - Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 1.1% in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to today's advance estimate. This follows a growth rate of 4.1% in the third quarter. The price index for gross domestic purchases, which measures prices paid by U.S. residents, increased 3.3% in the fourth quarter, down from a 4.2% rate in the third quarter.
2006/01/26 - New orders for manufactured durable goods in December were $228.1 billion, up 1.3% from last month. Overall shipments were $221.1 billion, up 3.5%, while nondefense capital goods shipments were $72.9 billion, up 4.6 percent. Inventories increased $0.1 billion to $285.6 billion.
2006/01/19 - Housing starts in December 2005 were 1,933,000, down 8.9% from November 2005 and down 5.7% from December 2004. Permits were 2,068,000, down 4.4% from last month and down 0.6% from one year ago. For full year 2005, starts were up 5.6% from 2004 and permits rose 3.4%.
2006/01/14 - Business inventories in November 2005 were $1,293.5 billion, up 0.5% from October and up 3.7% from November 2004. Sales were $1,029.2 billion, up 0.1% from October and up 6.7% from one year ago.
2006/01/13 - Retail sales for December were $357.8 billion, up 0.7% from November, and up 6.4% from December 2004. Excluding automobiles, retail sales were $280.6 billion, up 0.2% from last month, and up 8% from one year ago. Retail sales for 2005 overall were up 7.3% from 2004.
2006/01/12 - The U.S. international trade in goods and services deficit in November decreased 5.8 percent from October, to $64.2 billion. Exports were $109.3 billion, up 1.8 percent, and imports were $173.5 billion, down 1.1 percent.
2006/01/12 - After-tax profits of U.S. retail corporations with assets of $50 million or more totaled $13.2 billion in the third quarter of 2005, down $0.7 billion from the previous quarter, but up $2.0 billion from one year ago.
2006/01/11 - Wholesale inventories in November were $358.6 billion, up 0.4% from last month and up 5.9% from one year ago. Sales were $311.7 billion, down 0.7% from October but up 8.3% from November 2004.
2006/01/05 - New orders for manufactured goods in November increased 2.5% to $407.7 billion. Shipments rose 0.2% to $397 billion. Unfilled orders rose 3% to $621.4 billion. And inventories increased 0.2 percent to $467.1 billion.
2006/01/04 - Construction spending in November 2005 was $1,146.4 billion, up 0.2% from October and up 7.8% from November 2004. Total non-residential construction spending was $498 billion, up 0.5% from last month and up 5.7% from one year ago.