Consumers are still spending, but the pace — at least as detailed in the latest retail sales report from the Census Bureau for August —...
American household incomes increased 4% last year, the first significant increase since before the pandemic, according to the Census Bureau. The data showed that real...
Construction spending decreased by 0.3% in July after remaining unchanged in June. Spending totaled $2.163 billion in July, down from the revised June estimate of...
Small businesses represent 99.9% of American firms, yet effectively financing them remains an ongoing challenge. Small businesses are inherently risky — and many end up...
New orders for manufactured durable goods increased by 0.7% in April. Orders increased by $1.9 billion to $284.1 billion during the month, the U.S. Census Bureau said in...
Construction spending in the U.S. declined unexpectedly in March after being unchanged in February. Data from the Census Bureau released Wednesday (May 1) showed spending at a seasonally adjusted...
Retail inventories increased to $808.8 billion in February. That figure is 0.5% higher than January and 5.6% higher than it was a year earlier, the...
The latest reading on retail sales data from the Census Bureau showed that overall retail sales were up 0.6% month over month, reversing a 1.1% decline...
The U.S. Census Bureau revised its wholesale inventories estimate for January downward Wednesday (March 6). Total inventories dipped 0.3% in January compared with December 2023, rather than...