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Washington, DC, August 15, 2024—Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for July 2024 were $709.7 billion, an increase of 1.0% from the previous month and up 2.7% from July 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2024-Builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes was 39 in August, down two points from a downwardly revised reading of 41 in July, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI).
Washington, DC, August 15, 2024—Prices for U.S. imports ticked up 0.1% in July, after being unchanged the previous month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2024—Industrial production fell 0.6% in July after increasing 0.3% in June, according to the Federal Reserve.
Washington, DC, August 15, 2024—In the week ending August 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 227,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Livonia, MI, August 15, 2024-Virginia Tile has announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with American Olean, now extending coverage of their full product lines across Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Clemson, SC, August 15, 2024—Tile Council of North America (TCNA) announces Richard Eppler has been honored by ASTM International for 50 years of service to the ceramics industry.
Washington, DC, August 14, 2024-The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis, after declining 0.1% in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
Washington, DC, August 14, 2024-Mortgage applications increased 16.8% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending August 9, 2024.
Washington, DC, August 14, 2024-Associated Builders and Contractors reported that its Construction Backlog Indicator held steady at 8.4 months in July, according to an ABC member survey conducted July 22 to August 6. The reading is down 0.9 months from July 2023.