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Thursday, June 01, 2017

U.S. Light Vehicle Sales at 16.6 million annual rate in May

by Calculated Risk on 6/01/2017 04:00:00 PM

Based on a preliminary estimate from WardsAuto, light vehicle sales were at a 16.60 million SAAR in May.

That is down 3% from May 2016, and up 1% from last month.

Vehicle Sales
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This graph shows the historical light vehicle sales from the BEA (blue) and an estimate for May (red, light vehicle sales of 16.60 million SAAR mostly from WardsAuto).

This was below the consensus forecast of 16.9 million for May.

After two consecutive years of record sales, it looks like sales will be down in 2017.

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

Note: dashed line is current estimated sales rate.