Category: Top Industries in State
Privately-owned housing starts in December 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,499,000. This is 15.8 percent (+/- 14.4%) above the revised November 2024 estimate of 1,294,000. December 2024: +15.8 % ChangeNovember 2024 (r): -3.7* % Change
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for November 2024 were $2,588.2 billion, up 0.1 percent (+/- 0.1 percent)* from last month. U.S. total business sales were $1,893.1 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month. November 2024: +0.1* % Change in InventoriesOctober 2024 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories
U.S. retail and food services sales for December 2024 were $729.2 billion, an increase of 0.4 percent (+/-0.5 percent)* from the previous month. December 2024: +0.4* % ChangeNovember 2024 (r): +0.8 % Change
Total U.S. Business Applications were 457,544 in December 2024, up 1.5% from November 2024. December 2024: +1.5° % ChangeNovember 2024 (r): +5.7° % Change
November 2024 sales of merchant wholesalers were $678.0 billion, up 0.6 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $901.6 billion, down 0.2 percent (+/- 0.4 percent)* from last month. November 2024: -0.2* % Change in InventoriesOctober 2024 (r): 0.0* % Change in Inventories
The nation’s international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $78.2 billion in November from $73.6 billion in October (revised), as imports increased more than exports. November 2024: 6.2° % ChangeOctober 2024 (r): -12.1° % Change
Stocks hit a record high as the president called for lower interest rates, signed a crypto order, and addressed Davos’ global elites.
New orders for manufactured goods in November, down three of the last four months, decreased $2.1 billion or 0.4 percent to $586.1 billion. November 2024: -0.4° % ChangeOctober 2024 (r): +0.5° % Change
People are selling old phones with TikTok installed for as much as $50,000, and the boom is growing, as Google and Apple have removed the app from their online stores.
Total construction activity for November 2024 ($2,152.6 billion) was 0.0 percent (+/-1.0 percent)* above the revised October 2024 ($2,152.3 billion). November 2024: 0.0* % ChangeOctober 2024 (r): +0.5* % Change