by Calculated Risk on 8/02/2024 12:03:00 PM

The BEA released their estimate of light vehicle sales for July this morning.

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This graph shows light vehicle sales since 2006 from the BEA (blue) and BEA's estimate for July (red).

Sales in July (15.82 million SAAR) were up 4.2% from June, and down 0.8% from July 2023.

Sales in July were below the consensus forecast of 16.2 million.

The second graph shows light vehicle sales since the BEA started keeping data in 1967.