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Washington, DC, March 2, 2024-New orders for manufactured goods in March, up two consecutive months, increased $9.1 billion or 1.6% to $584.5 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. This followed a 1.2% February increase.
Washington, DC, March 2, 2024-The goods and services deficit was $69.4 billion in March, down $0.1 billion from $69.5 billion in February, revised, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced.
New York, NY, May 2, 2024”—The Federal Reserve acknowledged a recent setback in its inflation fight but said it was more likely to keep interest rates at their current level for longer than to raise them again,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Washington, DC, March 2, 2024—Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased 0.3% in Q1 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported, as output increased 1.3% and hours worked increased 1.0%.
Washington, DC, May 2, 2024—The construction industry had 274,000 job openings on the last day of March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Washington, DC, March 2, 2024—In the week ending April 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 208,000, unchanged from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Columbus, OH, May 1, 2024—AFS Group has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Lewis Floor & Home.
Washington, DC, May 1, 2024—Construction spending during March 2024 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2,083.9 billion, 0.2% below the revised February estimate of $2,087.8 billion, according to the Department of Labor.
Tempe, AZ, May 1, 2024—The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) registered 49.2% in April, down 1.1 percentage points from the 50.3% recorded in March, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Encinitas, CA, May 1, 2024-Ernst & Young has named Doug Jackson, president and CEO of Cali as an Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Pacific Southwest Award finalist.