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The Census Bureau's advance report on June retail sales showed a year-over-year gain of 6.6% and a month-over-month increase of 0.5%. The U.S. economy continues to rock along.
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Downtown Detroit has had a renaissance. Much of the balance of the 139 square miles inside the city limits is blighted by poverty, a shrinking population and thousands of houses that need to be...
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Meet Ames, Iowa, which has the lowest unemployment rate among all U.S. cities at 1.5%. This universe includes the 388 metro areas measured by the BLS. Based on May numbers, Ames is only one of the...
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U.S. spending on new construction rose month over month in May and is up 4.5% year over year. Private spending on residential construction is up 6.4% year over year.
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The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Monday morning that sales of new homes in May rose more than expected.
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New residential construction rose to an 11-year high in May with U.S. builders beginning construction on 1.35 million new housing units.
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The Census Bureau reported Thursday that year-over-year retail sales soared nearly 6% in May. With only a couple of exceptions, sales in every category rose last month.
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The Census Bureau reported Wednesday that new home sales dipped slightly month over month in April but rose nearly 12% year over year. Sales of homes price below $300,000 rose by six points as did...
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New housing starts posted a slim year-over-year gain in April, but fell sharply over an upwardly revised March total and missed the consensus estimate.
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The U.S. Census Bureau reported a second consecutive month of retail sales growth, but a large part of that resulted from higher pump prices for gasoline.
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New orders for U.S. manufactured goods rose by 1.6% in March and were up 7.7% year over year for the first 3 months of 2018. Transportation goods, particularly commercial planes, lead the gains.
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The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that new homes sold in the United States in March were higher than the prior month and nearly 9% higher than March of last year.
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The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that new housing construction was up nearly 11% year over year in March. New single-family home construction dipped month over month however.
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The advance estimate on retail sales for March was higher than economists' consensus estimates largely on the strength on auto sales.
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New construction barely rose sequentially in February, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but year-over-year spending was up more than 4%.
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