Posted on 01/03/2008 7:18:35 AM PST by Perdogg
Orders to U.S. factories jumped in November by the largest amount in four months, but a key gauge of business investment fell for a second straight month, raising new worries about the strength of manufacturing. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that orders for manufactured goods rose by 1.5 percent in November, but the increase was driven by a big jump in demand for oil, reflecting surging prices. Demand for big-ticket durable goods actually fell by 0.1 percent in November
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The LSM want a recession so badly.
So factory orders are up, but manufacturing is down. Who the heck knows what's going on?
The socialist's collusion into reenacting "It's The Economy Stupid" ploy isn't being bought by real Americans.
Fool us once
shame on you
fool us twice
shame on us!
Yeah, can’t find any bad news to report.
LLS
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