Overview
Provided by NEMA Business Information Services (NEMA/BIS), the Economic Indicators is a monthly review of aggregate economic statistics for various industry sectors. Each monthly update provides figures for the current year, previous quarter, along with comparisons to that quarter in the previous year.
This information is also featured as Spotlight on the Economy in NEMA's monthly publication, electroindustry.
What Sectors are Tracked?
- Construction
- Employment
- Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization
- Manufacturer's Shipments & Inventories
- Pricing & Interest Rates
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June 2006
Total housing starts for April fell to a 17-month low annualized rate of 1.85 million units, further demonstrating a softening in the U.S. housing market. On a year-over-year basis, housing starts declined 11.1 percent. In addition, single-family housing starts retreated 5.7 percent when compared to the previous year. Evidence of the temperate housing market can also be seen in data for new home sales. Despite posting month-to-month growth of 4.9 percent over March, the year-over-year sales rate declined 5.7 percent to 1.20 million. As a result, the months-supply of houses for sale in April is 5.8, which is 1.5 months longer when compared to April 2005. More...
