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Updated Nov 10, 2026, 9:57 PM ET
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Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories
September 2026 sales of merchant wholesalers were $840.1 billion, up 2.8 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from last month. End-of-month inventories were $1,013.1 billion, up 0.7 percent (+/- 0.2 percent) from last month.
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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services
The nation's international trade deficit in goods and services decreased to $105.0 billion in September from $105.7 billion in August (revised), as exports increased more than imports.
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Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders
New orders for manufactured goods in September, up three consecutive months, increased $12.2 billion or 1.8 percent to $677.2 billion.
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Construction Spending
Total construction spending for September 2026 ($2,186.1 billion) was 1.9 percent (+/- 0.7 percent) below the revised August 2026 ($2,227.4 billion) estimate.
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- Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
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Housing Vacancies and Homeownership
The homeownership rate of 65.5 percent was not statistically different from the rate in the third quarter 2025. The homeownership rates in the Northeast, Midwest, South, and West were not statistically different from third quarter 2025…
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Advance U.S. International Trade in Goods
The advance international trade deficit in goods increased to $134.9 billion in September from $132.1 billion in August as imports increased more than exports.
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New Home Sales
Sales of new single-family houses in September 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 676,000. This is 0.6 percent (+/- 13.8%)* below the revised August 2026 estimate of 680,000.
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New Residential Construction
Privately-owned housing starts in September 2026 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,221,000. This is 5.2 percent (+/- 11.8%)* below the revised August 2026 estimate of 1,288,000.
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Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales
U.S. total business end-of-month inventories for August 2026 were $2,818.8 billion, up 0.4 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month. U.S. total business sales were $2,123.5 billion, up 1.1 percent (+/- 0.1 percent) from last month.
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Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2026 were $745.0 billion, up 0.8 percent (+/-0.4 percent) from the previous month.
- Banking Analytics: Largest Banks’ Trading Assets Surge in Recent Quarters
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Business Formation Statistics
Total U.S. Business Applications were 534,947 in September 2026, up 0.5% from August 2026.
- Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on August 17, September 9, and September 16, 2026
- Utility Cost Pressures and Energy Insecurity Differ by Household Income
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- Exploring Apprenticeship Growth during the Past Two Economic Expansions
- Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 15-16, 2026
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- Eighth District Firms Expect Steady Inflation in Upcoming Months
- How Much Do Young Adults Benefit from Tight Labor Markets?
- Flash Report: Unemployment Rises Slightly, Job Growth Slows in September
- Why Does Per Capita Income Differ So Greatly across the World?
- Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
- Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting
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Quarterly Services Survey
U.S. selected services total revenue for the second quarter of 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes, was $6,418.7 billion, an increase of 3.0 percent (+/- 0.4 percent) from the first quarter of 2026 and up 7.6…
- Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026
- Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, July 28–29, 2026
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- Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on June 8 and June 17, 2026