December 01, 2006

Total Construction Activity for October 2006 ($1,178.4 Billion) Was 1.0 Percent Below the Revised September 2006 ($1,190.0 Billion) Estimate. (Released December 1, 2006)

Sales of New One-Family Houses in October 2006 Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,004,000. (Released November 29, 2006)

America Speaks: A Demographic Profile of Foreign-Language Speakers for the United States: 2000. (Released November 28, 2006)

New Orders for Manufactured Durable Goods in October Decreased $19.0 Billion or 8.3 Percent to $210.0 Billion. (Released November 28, 2006)

State-Level Data for Industry Groups From the 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures. (PDF - 1.2 MB) (Released November 21, 2006)

Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries From the 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures. (PDF - 1.6 MB) (Released November 21, 2006)

Value of Product Shipments From the 2005 Annual Survey of Manufactures. (PDF - 724 KB) (Released November 21, 2006)

Privately Owned Housing Starts in October Were at a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate of 1,486,000. (Released November 17, 2006)

Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 3rd Quarter 2006. (Released November 17, 2006)

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