by Calculated Risk on 6/22/2023 06:45:00 PM

From WardsAuto: June U.S. Light-Vehicle Sales Pegged for 21% Gain; Q2 to Roll in at 2-Year-High 15.7 Million SAAR (pay content).  Brief excerpt:

Deliveries in the second quarter will total 4.1 million units, 18% above like-2022, and stronger than Q1’s 8% gain. First-half 2023 volume will total 7.67 million units, up 13% from January-June 2022’s 6.78 million.
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This graph shows actual sales from the BEA (Blue), and Wards forecast for June (Red).

The Wards forecast of 15.9 million SAAR, would be up 5.7% from last month, and up 21.9% from a year ago.

Vehicle sales are usually a transmission mechanism for Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) policy, although far behind housing.  This time vehicle sales were more suppressed by supply chain issues and have picked up recently.