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Gross domestic product is how economists, consumers, politicians and academia all measure economic growth. GDP in the United States is dominated handily by consumer spending.
New home sales rose almost 13% year over year in February, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Housing starts dropped more than 2% month over month in January, but they were more than 10% higher year over year.
New construction in December totaled an estimated $1.2 trillion seasonally adjusted annual rate, down slightly from the November rate, but 4.2% higher than the December 2015 rate.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday morning that new housing starts in December jumped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.226 million, an increase of 11.3% month over month and 5.7% year...
Construction spending in November rose more than analysts expected. For the first 11 months of last year, new construction spending also exceeded expectations.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Thursday morning that new housing starts in November tumbled more than expected.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday morning that U.S. wholesale sales rose more than 1% in October and wholesale inventories declined.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday morning that construction spending in October rose by more than 3% year over year.
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday morning that sales of new homes in October slipped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 563,000, a...
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Thursday morning that new housing starts in October jumped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.323 million.
U.S. consumer spending continued its September rebound in October, recovering further from a dip posted in August. Overall sales growth was stronger than economists had forecast.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that construction spending in September dipped, while economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for it to rise.
It can be said that some people can make any statistic look good or bad depending on what their angle is and what subset of data gets used. One statistic that has been undeniably bad in recent years...
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development reported Wednesday morning that sales of new homes in September rose less than expected.