Total construction activity for August 2025 ($2,169.5 billion) was 0.2 percent (+/-0.7 percent)* above the revised July 2025 ($2,165.0 billion).

August 2025: +0.2* % Change
July 2025 (r): +0.2* % Change

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August end-of-month inventories were $905.2 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.2 percent)* from last month.

August 2025: -0.2* % Change in Inventories
July 2025 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories

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The advance international trade deficit in goods decreased to $85.5 billion in August from $102.8 billion in July as imports decreased more than exports.

August 2025: -16.8° % Change
July 2025: 21.6° % Change

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August 2025 end-of-month inventories were $809.4 billion, virtually unchanged (+/- 0.2%)* from last month.

August 2025: 0.0* % Change in Inventories
July 2025 (r): +0.1* % Change in Inventories

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New orders for manufactured durable goods in August, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, increased $8.9 billion or 2.9 percent to $312.1 billion.

August 2025: +2.9° % Change
July 2025 (r): -2.7° % Change

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Sales of new single-family houses in August 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 800,000. This is 20.5 percent (+/- 21.8%)* above the revised July 2025 estimate of 664,000.

August 2025: +20.5* % Change
July 2025 (r): -1.8* % Change

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Privately-owned housing starts in August 2025 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,307,000. This is 8.5 percent (+/- 10.7%)* below the revised July 2025 estimate of 1,429,000.

August 2025: -8.5* % Change
July 2025 (r): +3.4* % Change

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U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for July 2025 were $2,666.7 billion, up 0.2 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,948.2 billion, up 1.0 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.

July 2025: +0.2 % Change in Inventories
June 2025 (r): +0.2 % Change in Inventories

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U.S. retail and food services sales for August 2025 were $732.0 billion, an increase of 0.6 percent (+/-0.4 percent) from the previous month.

August 2025: +0.6 % Change
July 2025 (r): +0.6 % Change

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U.S. selected services total revenue for the second quarter of 2025, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $5,965.2 billion, an increase of 2.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the first quarter of 2025 and up 6.4 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the second quarter of 2024. The first quarter of 2025 to second quarter of 2025 percent change was not revised from the advance estimate.

2nd Qtr 2025: +2.2 % Change
1st Qtr 2025 (r): +1.2 % Change

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Total U.S. Business Applications were 473,679 in August 2025, up 0.5% from July 2025.

August 2025: 0.5° % Change
July 2025 (r): 2.5° % Change

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July 2025 sales of merchant wholesalers were $711.3 billion, up 1.4 percent (+/- 0.5 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $908.1 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month.

July 2025: +0.1* % Change in Inventories
June 2025 (r): +0.2* % Change in Inventories

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