Friday 26 August 2016

Vehicle Sales Forecast: Sales to Weaken in August, Still Around 17 Million SAAR

The automakers will report August vehicle sales on Thursday, Sept 1st.

Note:  There were 26 selling days in August, the same as in August 2015.

From WardsAuto: Forecast: U.S. Light Vehicles Sales Weaken in August
A WardsAuto forecast calls for August U.S. light-vehicle sales to reach a 17.4 million-unit seasonally adjusted annual rate, less than like-2015’s 17.7 million and July’s 17.8 million, but ahead of the 17.2 million recorded over the first seven months of this year.
emphasis added
From J.D. Power: August Decline in New-Vehicle Sales Fourth in Last Six Months
The SAAR for total sales is projected at 16.8 million units in August 2016, down from 17.7 million units a year ago.
Vehicle sales are moving more sideways now.

from
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/W06oYrqV2y8/vehicle-sales-forecast-sales-to-weaken.html

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