…GDP… Construction Spending Up 1.3% on Higher Costs in January after December and November Spending Was Revised Higher The Census Bureau’s report on January construction spending (pdf) estimated January’s seasonally adjusted construction…

…were revised 1.0% higher . . . the Advance Retail Sales Report for February (above) from the Census Bureau estimated our seasonally adjusted retail and food services sales totaled $658.1 billion during…

…in the Northeastern Census region, 40% along the West coast and the upper Midwest, and 30% or below everywhere else. Here’s what cases in the US Census regions look like…

…due to building damage, and 23 due to a natural disaster.  Of the 366 suspensions for which zip-code census data was readily available, 250 occurred in rural communities, with a…

…released the day before the GDP release . . . that report estimated that our seasonally adjusted March goods trade deficit was at $125,324 million on a Census basis, on…

RJS: MarketWatch 666 Summary: Construction Spending Up 0.2% on Higher Prices in April, after March Spending was Revised 0.6% Higher The Census Bureau’s report on construction spending for April (pdf)…

…released at the end of June. However, this month’s report also reflects revised statistics on trade in goods on both a Census basis and a balance of payments (BOP) basis…

…for April were revised 0.4% lower. The Advance Retail Sales Report for May (pdf) from the Census Bureau estimated our seasonally adjusted retail and food services sales totaled $672.9 billion…

…93,418 in 2021 according to the US Census Bureau. This is down from 94,350. Much of the population lived in the city of Huntington. West Virginia is losing population. Dosage…

…house prices: the FHFA purchase index (blue), the Case Shiller national index (red), the Census Bureau’s measure of median prices for new houses (gold), and the NAR’s measure of median…