Data & Trends

Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 2 Weekly Data Released

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection began Aug. 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting Aug. 20 through Oct. 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase of the survey, as well as…

HUD and Census Bureau: Residential Construction Activity Report for July 2020 Issued

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Census Bureau jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for July 2020. Building Permits Privately owned housing units authorized by building permits in July were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,495,000. This is 18.8 percent (±1.1 percent) above the revised…

ABA: New Report Shows Closed-End Loan Delinquencies Rise in First Quarter at Onset of COVID-19

Credit card and HELOC loan delinquencies fall during first three months of 2020 Consumer credit delinquencies rose in the first quarter of 2020 as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic triggered an abrupt economic slowdown, according to results from the American Bankers Association’s Consumer Credit Delinquency Bulletin. Overall, delinquencies rose in all of the 11…

SBA: Small Business Contracting Goals Exceed $132.9 Billion to Small Businesses, Breaking Records

Women-Owned Contracting Goal Met for the Second Time in Scorecard History; Eight Federal Agencies Receive A+ Rating on FY2019 Small Business Federal Procurement Scorecard Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the federal government exceeded its small business federal contracting goal, awarding 26.50 percent or $132.9 billion in federal contract dollars to small businesses, over $12…

Census Bureau: Door-to-Door Visits Begin Nationwide for 2020 Census

Census Takers to Follow Up With About 56 Million Households Nationwide This week, the U.S. Census Bureau began following up with households nationwide that have not yet responded to the 2020 Census. Based on the current self-response rate of 63.3%, the Census Bureau estimates it will need to visit about 56 million addresses to collect…

Census Bureau: Second Phase of Small Business Survey Announced

The U.S. Census Bureau today announced the start of a second phase of the experimental Small Business Pulse Survey. Data collection will begin August 9, 2020. Results will be released weekly starting August 20 through Oct 15, 2020. The second phase includes questions on the core concepts from the first phase of the survey, as well…

Census Bureau: Second Phase of Household Pulse Survey Begins

The U.S. Census Bureau has targeted mid-August to resume data collection for the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey was temporarily suspended to allow the Census Bureau to prepare for a second phase of data collection. As part of the second phase, the agency has reviewed the questionnaire to ensure that the information collected continue to be…

ABA: Report Shows Credit Card Spending Falls in First Quarter 2020

Credit card purchase volumes fell in the first quarter of 2020 as the economy entered its first recession in a decade, according to the American Bankers Association’s latest quarterly Credit Card Market Monitor. In line with the onset of the pandemic-induced economic downturn and prior industry reports, seasonally adjusted monthly purchase volumes pulled back from the…

Census Bureau: Statement of Delivering a Complete and Accurate 2020 Census Count

The U.S. Census Bureau continues to evaluate its operational plans to collect and process 2020 Census data. Today, we are announcing updates to our plan that will include enumerator awards and the hiring of more employees to accelerate the completion of data collection and apportionment counts by our statutory deadline of December 31, 2020, as…

Census Bureau: Household Pulse Survey Weekly Data Released

The Census Bureau today released new data from the experimental Household Pulse Survey. The Household Pulse Survey is the result of an effort by the Census Bureau and other federal statistical agencies to document temporal trends in how individuals are experiencing business curtailment and closures, stay-at-home orders, school closures, changes in the availability of consumer goods…