Furniture Indicators

Staff -- Home Accents Today, 2/25/2005 6:51:00 AM

 *All numbers are preliminary and seasonally adjusted, unless other wise indicated.

 

Consumer spending for furniture and bedding
Annual rate in billions
Source: U.S. Dept. of Commerce

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Feb. '04
$77.6		1.3%		5.8%

Note: The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has revised consumer spending. For further information, please see the March 8, 2004 issue of Furniture/Today.

 

Existing single-family home resales
Annual rate in millions of units
Source: National Assn. of Realtors

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Feb. '04
6.79		-0.4%		6.1%

 

Sales of new single-family homes
Annual rate in thousands of units
Source: U.S. Depts. of Commerce and Housing & Urban Dev.

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Jan. '04
1,226		9.4%		5.2%

 

Privately owned housing starts
Annual rate in millions of units
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Feb. '04
2.195		0.5%		15.8%

 

Furniture producer price index
Household furniture, 1982=100
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Feb. '04
164.3		0.2%		3.5%

 

Furniture factory employment
Annual rate in thousands
Production workers; household and contract combined
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Feb. '04
570.2		-0.2%		0.1%

Note: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has revised its methodology in collecting employment statistics. For further information, please see the June 16, 2003 issue of Furniture/Today.

Furniture factory capacity utilizationPercentage of capacity used
Household and contract furniture combined
Source: U.S. Federal Reserve Board

		Percentage change
Feb. '05		from Jan. '05		from Feb. '04
73.2%		-0.1%		4.3%