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Truck manufacturers sold 14,647 Class 8 vehicles in June, a 64.6% increase over last June and the highest monthly total since March 2007, and they said they expected sales to continue to rise this year despite the weak economic recovery.

Sales of used Class 8 trucks fell 20.4% in May from the same month last year, while prices jumped 5% from April, because of low inventories, numerous sources said.

Heavy-duty U.S. truck sales surged 68.3% in May compared with year-ago results, the fastest monthly growth rate in a 17-month string of gains.

Retail sales fell in May for the first time in 11 months, as automobile sales slumped, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

New home sales climbed 7.3% in April, two months after falling to a record low in February, the Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Existing home sales fell 0.8% in April, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday.

Heavy-duty U.S. truck sales leaped 41.1% in April, compared with the same month in 2010, marking the 16th straight month of expansion, and outpacing the in-dustry’s 35.9% growth for the first four months of this year.

New home sales jumped 11.1% March from a record low in February, the Commerce Department said Monday.

Existing home sales rose in March from a nine-year low, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.