Factory Orders Fall for 2nd Straight Month
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Orders placed with US factories fell for the second consecutive month in September, the Commerce Department said Wednesday, with demand dropping sharply for manufactured goods other than defense materials.
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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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WASHINGTON -- 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 that offered a mixed picture of economic activity.
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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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New orders at U.S. factories fell by   a smaller-than-expected 0.6 percent in July, lead by sharp   declines in orders for transportation and defense goods.
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New orders for U.S.-made durable  goods fell a much greater-than-expected 2.4 percent in July as  civilian aircraft and car orders tumbled, a government report  showed on Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Richmond Fed's manufacturing index fell to -4 in Dec. from zero in Nov. The shipments index declined 9 points to -10 while new orders sank 5 points to -6. But the factory jobs index rose to 5 from -1. Richmond-area factories were upbeat, but not as much as in Nov.
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Orders to U.S. factories posted a weaker-than-expected gain in April as declines in demand for cars, planes and boats offset strength in business investment.
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UK property prices fell for a second month in a row in December, the Nationwide building society says.
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By Bloomberg News. An index of Midwest business activity fell for a second consecutive month in December, a sign of slower growth in manufacturing.
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WASHINGTON Sept. 24, 2004 - Orders to US factories for big-ticket goods dropped in August, largely weighed down by a sharp decline in demand for commercial airplanes.
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New orders at U.S. factories fell  4.7 percent in October, the biggest fall in more than six years  and marking the third drop in four months, while inventories  rose again suggesting growing slack in the economy, a  government report said on Tuesday.
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By Malcolm Moore, Economics Correspondent (Filed: 08/09/2004). Output at Britain&#39;s factories slumped unexpectedly in July, with production falling for the second consecutive month - the first time in nearly two years.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods unexpectedly fell again in September, raising new worries about how much harm a severe housing slump and credit crunch are causing to the overall economy.
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Japanâs machinery orders fell in December, signaling that economic growth may slow this year as companies scale back spending on factories and equipment. Non-government machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said.
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British manufacturing output unexpectedly dropped for the second month running in July, figures showed today. The data, from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reinforced impressions that interest rates were either at or close to their peak.