{"id":1004088990,"date":"2013-12-26T06:56:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004088990"},"modified":"2022-12-06T18:42:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T02:42:30","slug":"economy-watch-new-home-sales-down-durable-goods-orders-jump-in-november-most-state-coincident-indexes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-new-home-sales-down-durable-goods-orders-jump-in-november-most-state-coincident-indexes-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: New Home Sales Down, Durable Goods Orders Jump in November; Most State Coincident Indexes Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The Census Bureau reported on Tuesday that sales nationwide of new single-family houses in November were at an annualized rate of 464,000 units. That\u2019s 2.1 percent below the October rate of 474,000, but 16.6 percent above the November 2012 rate.<\/p>\n

Despite the small drop in November, new home sales are at their highest level since 2008, at the beginning of the recession, according to the bureau. Even so, new home sales are still historically low. Even back in the early 1960s, when the federal government first started tracking new homes sales, the rate hovered around 600,000 units \u2013 that in a nation with a population of about 179 million (in 1960; the current U.S. population is about 316 million).<\/p>\n

The total number of houses for sale at the end of November was 167,000, which represents a 4.3 months\u2019 supply at the current sales rate. That\u2019s in the \u201cnormal\u201d range, which is less than six months\u2019 supply. During the worst of the recession, the supply spiked to over 12 months. The Census Bureau considers a house for sale when a permit to build has been issued in permit-issuing places, or work has begun on the footings or foundation in nonpermit areas, and a sales contract hasn\u2019t been signed nor a deposit accepted.<\/p>\n

Durable Goods Orders Jump in November\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Durable goods orders surged 3.5 percent in November, partly on the strength of businesses pumping up their inventories, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported on Tuesday. Unlike monthly increases that are fueled mainly by one class of durable goods \u2013 such as aircraft orders \u2013 November\u2019s increase was fairly broad, including aircraft, but also computers, electronics, and other machinery.<\/p>\n

Transportation equipment orders gained 8.4 percent for the month. Nondefense aircraft and aircraft parts orders, which forms a subset of transportation equipment and which tends to be volatile, were up 21.8 percent for the month. Excluding transportation equipment, new orders were up 1.2 percent for the month. That follows two relatively small monthly increases in non-transportation durable goods orders.<\/p>\n

Most State Coincident Indexes Up<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported on Tuesday that its coincident indexes for November 2013 increased in 46 states, decreased in two states (Alaska and Ohio), and remained stable in two (New Hampshire and Washington). Over the past three months, the indexes increased in 46 states, decreased in three, and remained stable in one.<\/p>\n

The coincident indexes combine four state-level indicators to summarize current economic conditions in a single statistic. The four indicators are nonfarm payroll employment, average hours worked in manufacturing, the unemployment rate, and wage and salary disbursements deflated by the consumer price index.<\/p>\n

Wall Street had an up day on Tuesday, which was a shortened trading day ahead of Christmas, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 62.94 points, or 0.39 percent. The S&P 500 advanced 0.29 percent and the Nasdaq was up 0.16 percent.<\/p>\n

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Sales nationwide of new single-family houses in November were 2.1 percent below the October rate. Durable goods orders surged 3.5 percent in November. 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