New orders for manufactured goods in February, up three of the last four months, increased $0.3 billion or virtually unchanged to $619.6 billion.

February 2026: +0.0° % Change
January 2026 (r): +0.0° % Change

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February 2026 sales of merchant wholesalers were $751.9 billion, up 2.7 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $919.6 billion, up 0.8 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month.

February 2026: +0.8 % Change in Inventories
January 2026 (r): -0.3 % Change in Inventories

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Total U.S. Business Applications were 491,941 in March 2026, down 0.9% from February 2026.

March 2026: -0.9° % Change
February 2026 (r): -5.7° % Change

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New orders for manufactured durable goods in February, down four of the last five months, decreased $4.4 billion or 1.4 percent to $315.5 billion.

February 2026: -1.4° % Change
January 2026 (r): -0.5° % Change

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The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $57.3 billion in February from $54.7 billion in January (revised), as imports increased more than exports.

February 2026: 4.9° % Change
January 2026 (r): -25.0° % Change

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U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for January 2026 were $2,675.0 billion, down 0.1 percent (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,974.6 billion, up 0.3 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.

January 2026: -0.1* % Change in Inventories
December 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories

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U.S. retail and food services sales February 2026 were $738.4 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/-0.4 percent) from the previous month.

February 2026: +0.6 % Change
January 2026 (r): -0.1* % Change

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Manufacturing corporations' not seasonally adjusted after-tax profits were $241.4 billion for the fourth quarter of 2025, down $11.5 (+/- 4.2) billion from third quarter of 2025.

4th Qtr 2025: -11.5 Billions of Dollars
3rd Qtr 2025 (r): +30.5 Billions of Dollars

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Total construction activity for January 2026 ($2,190.4 billion) was 0.3 percent (+/-0.5 percent)* below the revised December 2025 ($2,197.6 billion).

January 2026: -0.3* % Change
December 2025 (r): +0.8* % Change

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Not seasonally adjusted after-tax profits for retail corporations with assets of $50 million and over were $60.7 billion for the fourth quarter 2025 (the 3 months ending January 31, 2026), up $6.8 (+/- 0.4) billion from third quarter 2025 (the 3 months ending October 31, 2025).

4th Qtr 2025: +6.8 Billions of Dollars
3rd Qtr 2025 (r): -7.0 Billions of Dollars

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Sales of new single-family houses in January 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 587,000. This is 17.6 percent (+/- 13.3%) below the revised December 2025 estimate of 712,000.

January 2026: -17.6 % Change
December 2025 (r): -6.8* % Change

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U.S. selected services total revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $6,163.5 billion, an increase of 0.8 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from the third quarter of 2025 and up 6.7 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the fourth quarter of 2024. The third quarter of 2025 to fourth quarter of 2025 percentage change was not revised from the advance estimate.

4th Qtr 2025: +0.8 % Change
3rd Qtr 2025 (r): +2.4 % Change

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