Productivity Growth Slows; Store Sales Dip
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U.S. business productivity grew more slowly in the third quarter than first thought, a government report showed on Tuesday, while chain store sales fell in the crucial shopping week after Thanksgiving.
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U.S. manufacturing growth eased in  September to its slowest in more than a year, but home sales  and construction figures suggested a less abrupt decline in the  housing sector than many experts had foreseen.
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The productivity of U.S. workers  rose by a weaker-than-expected 0.2 percent in the third  quarter, while unit labor costs grew by less than initially  thought in encouraging news for the Federal Reserve on wage  pressures, government data showed on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy grew at a sluggish 2.2 percent pace in the final quarter of last year, much slower than initially thought as businesses tightened their belts amid fallout from the troubled housing and automotive industries.
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The productivity of American workers slowed sharply in the first three months of this year but wage pressures eased as well, providing evidence that inflation is being restrained.
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The same-store sales decline slows in November and December, and net income increases.
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WASHINGTON -- Worker productivity, the key factor in rising living standards, slowed sharply in the final three months of the year while wage pressures increased.
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Growth in the manufacturing sector slowed in August while construction spending dropped sharply in July, data showed.
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Fewer Americans filed jobless claims last week and growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter, government data showed on Thursday, hinting that conditions in the sluggish U.S. labor market have improved.
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The pace of growth in U.S. service  industries slowed in September and pricing power ebbed,  according to a report on Wednesday that showed a key service  sector index falling to its lowest since April 2003.
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The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously stated, as it struggled under an increasing trade deficit and a slowdown in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said Friday.
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Fewer Americans filed jobless claims last week and worker productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter, government data showed on Thursday, hinting at better conditions in the country&#39;s sluggish labor market.
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Growth in business activity in the   U.S. Midwest slowed slightly in August, a report showed on   Thursday, but the data may signal the economy is in recession.
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Business activity, capital spending  and hiring slowed in the third quarter in response to  tightening credit conditions and a rapidly deteriorating  housing market, an industry survey showed on Monday.
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U.S. specialty apparel retailers have experienced slow sales growth over the first 20 days of the holiday shopping season, according to data released on Sunday by SpendingPulse.
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U.S. growth slowed in some parts of  the country last month and private employers hired fewer people  than expected, according to reports on Wednesday that chime  with other weak signals from the economy.
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Fewer Americans filed jobless claims last week and growth in worker productivity slowed sharply in the third quarter, government data showed on Thursday, hinting that