October Wholesale Sales Fall 0.7%
Nov 06, 10:45 AM ET |
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| September wholesale sales decreased 0.7% to $320.2 billion from the revised August sales and down 15.2% from a year ago month. September inventories declined 0.9% to $377.7 billion from the revised August data and were down 15.0% from a year ago. |
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October Jobless Rate 10.2%
Nov 06, 9:31 AM ET |
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| Unemployment rate rose from 9.8% in September to 10.2% in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline 190,000. The largest job losses in the month were in construction, manufacturing and retail trade. |
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Productivity in Q3 Rise at 9.5%
Nov 05, 9:52 AM ET |
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| Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 9.5% annual rate during the third quarter of 2009. From the second quarter of 2008 to the second quarter of 2009, output fell 3.5% while hours fell 7.5%, resulting an increase in productivity of 4.3%. |
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Weekly Jobless Claims Drop 20,000
Nov 05, 9:02 AM ET |
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| Seasonally adjusted weekly jobless claims increased 20,000 to 512,000 from the revised previous week claims of 532,000. The preliminary unemployment rate in the week ending October 24 unchanged from the prior week''s unrevised rate of 4.4%. |
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Weekly Crude Inventories Fell
Nov 04, 2:17 AM ET |
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| Crude oil inventories at the end of last week decreased 4.0 million barrels to 335.9 million barrels. Motor Gasoline inventories decreased 0.3 million barrels last week end and inventories of finished gasoline decreased and distillate inventories decreased by 0.4 million barrels. |
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Factory Orders Up 0.9% in September
Nov 03, 10:52 AM ET |
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| New orders for manufactured goods in September, up five of the last six months, increased $3.3 billion or 0.9% to $356.1 billion. This followed a 0.8% August decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 0.8%. |
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