Factory orders dropped by more than three times as much as analysts expected in September as the US manufacturing sector continues to suffer from the economic downturn.The Commerce Department said Tuesday that factory orders fell by 2.5 percent from August, far more than the 0.8 percent drop expected by Wall Street economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters.
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Factory orders drop more than expected
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Manufacturing activity falls in April:
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Unemployment rate in US falls to 8.9%
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US jobless rate declined in August
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US prices dropped in April
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Industrial new orders decline
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Key US manufacturing index ticks down
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UK manufacturing sector rebounds in August
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German industrial orders fall in December
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Japan machinery orders fall
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ISM non-manufacturing in the US probably shrank in August
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US stocks fall;
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Manufacturing growth may slow
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US stocks fell
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New home sales fall less-than-expected in August
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Shop prices fell 0.1% in September
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Commodities retreat on weaker manufacturing in China, US