Posted on 08/02/2012 6:55:23 PM PDT by Son House
Demand for US factory goods fell unexpectedly in June, reflecting a drop in corporate investment and the biggest decreases in non-durable goods orders for over three years.
Factory orders fell 0.5 per cent, compared with analysts expectations of a 0.7 per cent rise, US commerce department figures showed yesterday. Junes fall followed a downwardly revised 0.5 per cent increase in May, after sharp declines the two previous months.
Economists fear a slowdown in momentum, given that manufacturing had been regarded as the mainstay of a US economic recovery. The sector accounts for about 12 per cent of the economy.
keyboard spew alert
Folks of Irish descent are immune to that... :-)
Then I am immune. The time for “unexpected” is approaching soon.
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