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U.S. orders for durable goods sink 13.2% in August
Orders for durable goods sank 13.2% in August, the biggest one-month decline in more than three years, as bookings for autos and aircraft fell sharply, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a decline of 5.3%. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, whose bookings can swing sharply from month to month, orders fell a much smaller 1.6%. And orders for core capital goods, which exclude defense and aircraft, actually rose 1.1% after a 5.2% decline in July. Shipments of durable goods fell 3.0% in August, while inventories rose 0.6%. Orders for July were revised down ... (full story)
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