Sales of new single-family homes were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 288,000 in August 2010, virtually unchanged from July’s revised rate but 28.9 percent below August 2009.
New orders for manufactured durable goods in August 2010 decreased 1.3%, to $191.2 billion. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 2.0%. Capital goods shipments fell 0.8% while overall shipments declined 1.5%, and inventories increased 0.4% in August.
Personal income in February 2010 increased less than 0.1% from January 2010. Real and nominal personal consumption expenditures rose 0.3%. Real and nominal disposable personal income (DPI) increased less than 0.1%. The personal saving rate as a percentage of DPI was 3.1% in February.
Wholesale inventories rose 1.3% in July 2010 to $405.0 billion, and were 2.5% higher than a year ago. Sales increased 0.6% in July to $350.1 billion, up 12.7% from a year ago.
The U.S. international trade deficit in goods and services in June 2010 increased 18.8%, to $49.9 billion. Exports fell 1.3% to $150.5 billion, and imports increased 3.0% to $200.3 billion.
