Factory Orders Dip for First Time in 4 Months
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Overall, factory orders declined by 0.1 percent in August, following an increase of 1.7 percent in July.
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WASHINGTON -- Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in January by the largest amount in three months with the weakness led by a huge drop in demand for commercial airplanes.
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Inventories at the nationâs wholesalers declined in December by the most since May 2003 as sales surged, suggesting a manufacturing rebound in coming months.
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Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell for a second consecutive month in August, marking the first back-to-back declines in more than two years.
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UK manufacturing output suffered a surprise fall in August, prompting concerns over that the sector's recovery may be on the wane.
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Factory orders in July for costly manufactured goods recorded the biggest gain in four months. New home sales, meanwhile, slid, according to a pair of reports
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Confidence among UK manufacturers has slipped in the face of slowing demand and higher costs, a CBI survey says.
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US factories posted their biggest gain in four months on orders for costly manufactured goods, but new-homes sales slid, according to a pair of reports offering a mixed picture of economic activity in July.
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New orders at U.S. factories fell  unexpectedly in August after a drop in demand for civilian  aircraft, government data showed on Monday. But excluding  transport equipment, the data showed strength.
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New orders for U.S.-made durable   goods fell unexpectedly in August and mortgage applications   declined last week in spite of dropping interest rates, reports   pointing to economic weakness showed on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - America&#39;s factories saw orders for costly manufactured goods in July post the biggest gain in four months, an encouraging sign that the economy is emerging from an early summer funk.
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New orders for costly U.S.-made manufactured goods dropped at the sharpest rate in seven months during August, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday as demand fell across nearly every major category.
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Poor demand for aircraft and other transport hurts April's US factory orders, which were lower than expected.
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Britain's manufacturing output has dropped 0.4 percent in October from the previous month.
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Factory orders for manufactured goods were weak for a second month and service industry activity was the slowest in more than three years.
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U.S. Mid-Atlantic factory activity  retrenched for the first time in over three years in September,  the latest sign of a rapidly-slowing economy.
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Factory production shrank in December for the first time in nearly a year as tighter lending conditions and a slowing economy took their toll, according to a national survey published on Wednesday.