March 13. 2026
Unit car and truck sales climbed 6.3% in February to 14.936 million after having fallen 7.4% in January .
Car sales bounce around a lot from month to month. There is a sense that the pace of consumer spending has been slowing down which is true, but only slightly. The reality is that car sales have been quite steady. In 2024 car sales averaged 15.9 million. In 2025 car sales averaged 16.2 million.. The January drop was almost certainly attributable to the miserably cold, snowy, and icy conditions that existed throughout most of the country in that month. With better weather in February sales rebounded to 15.8 million.
Look for GDP growth of 2.5% for the first quarter of this year and 2.7% for the year as a whole..
Stephen Slifer
NumberNomics
Charleston, SC
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