Slowdown in Chicago Manufacturing, Jobs
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Chicago-area factories lost jobs in  December for the first time since July as business activity  slowed for a second straight month, boding ill for next week's  monthly employment report.
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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.
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Manufacturing in the United States expanded less last month than forecast as factories cut payrolls and reduced inventories, contributing to a slowdown in the economy, according to a report released Monday.
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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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U.S. factories picked up their pace in  December, capping off a year of expansion in the manufacturing  industry despite some recent signs of a downturn in employment,  a report showed on Monday.
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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. Treasury debt prices rallied on Thursday, more than undoing losses posted earlier this week as a survey of Chicago-area manufacturing pointed to a slowdown in hiring.
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A gauge of US manufacturing fell this month to the lowest in more than a year, incomes lagged spending in September and home construction declined in the final economic reports before tomorrow&#39;s presidential election.
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Growth in Chicago-area factories slowed in December as the pace of hiring slowed for the first time in six months, suggesting US firms remain reluctant to hire new workers.
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Manufacturing expansion slowed in August as a decline in new orders led factory managers to opt for caution, while construction spending unexpectedly fell in July, according to data released on Tuesday.
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Business activity in the U.S. Midwest  expanded in December but at a slower rate than expected, with  hiring down after four months of growth, a report showed on  Thursday.
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U.S. consumer confidence sank in  August while Chicago-area business activity slowed, according  to reports on Tuesday that added to worries the economy's patch  of sluggish growth may last beyond the summer.
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A slowing economy weighs on the employment software company.
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The U.S. economy may be in recession,  based on Midwest manufacturing data, a report said on Thursday.
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U.S. factory activity expanded at a   slightly reduced pace in August, while new order growth slowed   as well, according to a survey published on Friday.
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NEW YORK -- The nation's manufacturing sector, hurt by softer U.S. auto sales and a weakening housing market, expanded at a slower pace in September than in August, a trade group said Monday.
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Recent expansion in the U.S.  manufacturing sector lost some momentum last month as growth in  new orders and employment retreated, but industrial costs  jumped, according to data published on Thursday.