by Calculated Risk on 7/23/2021 02:46:00 PM
Friday, July 23, 2021
July Vehicle Sales Forecast: "Sales to Continue Free-Fall"
From WardsAuto: July U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales to Continue Free-Fall from Springtime Peak (pay content)
Wards notes low inventories and supply issues (mircochips) are impacting sales.
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This graph shows actual sales from the BEA (Blue), and Wards forecast for July (Red).
The Wards forecast of 14.8 million SAAR, would be down about 4% from last month, and up 1% from a year ago (sales were recovering in June 2020 from the depths of the pandemic).