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Washington, DC, April 4, 2024-The goods and services deficit was $68.9 billion in February, up $1.3 billion from $67.6 billion in January, revised, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Norwalk, CT, April 4, 2024-Metroflor Corporation hosted its distributor-partners during a commercial summit in HMTX Industries’ Norwalk world headquarters March 13 to 14.
Washington, DC, April 4, 2024—In the week ending March 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 221,000, an increase of 9,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.
Memphis, TN, April 4, 2024-Footprints Floors, the national flooring franchise with over 160 active territories, hosted its 2024 franchise convention in Broomfield, Colorado with the theme of "Perspective."
Washington, DC, April 4, 2024—The construction industry had 441,000 job openings on the last day of February, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.
Flowood, MS, April 4, 2024—National Tile Contractors Association (NTCA) trainers will be touring nine states, offering 17 free, standards-based workshops and eight free regional trainings—nearly double the number provided in 2023.
Washington, DC, April 3, 2024—Millennials have surged ahead to become the largest group of homebuyers, marking a significant shift in the housing market's demographic landscape, according to the latest report from the National Association of Realtors.
Washington, DC, April 3, 2024—Mortgage applications decreased 0.6% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 29, 2024.
Glen Ellyn, IL, April 3, 2024—"The U.S. Justice Department announced this week that it had accepted guilty pleas from an individual and corporate importer in Puerto Rico of ceramic tile for which they claimed the country of origin was Malaysia, when in fact the tile originated in China,” reports the Ceramic Tile Distributors Association.
Roseland, NJ, April 3, 2024—Private sector employment increased by 184,000 jobs in March, and annual pay was up 5.1% year-over-year, according to the March ADP National Employment Report produced by the ADP Research Institute in collaboration with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.