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November Factory Orders Up 1.5 Percent
Yahoo ^ | Thursday January 3, 10:05 am ET | By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: manufacturing; thebusheconomy
This should have been about washers, since there is so much spin in this article.

The LSM want a recession so badly.

1 posted on 01/03/2008 7:18:36 AM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
Thread from yesterday: "Manufacturing Activity Contracts"

So factory orders are up, but manufacturing is down. Who the heck knows what's going on?

2 posted on 01/03/2008 7:28:44 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
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To: Perdogg
The LSM want a recession so badly.

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!

3 posted on 01/03/2008 7:32:16 AM PST by BlabItGrabIt (Crude Oil Doubling Prosperous Housing Market Tanking = DIMS)
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To: BlabItGrabIt

Yeah, can’t find any bad news to report.


4 posted on 01/03/2008 7:52:52 AM PST by ChiMark
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To: ClearCase_guy
What is going on here is the media lies about any good news for America... and when reality has to be reported it is spun like a spiders web. Too many dumba$$es fall for it... even here on FR (which is infected with liberals these days).

LLS

5 posted on 01/03/2008 8:08:05 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims and vote Fred!)
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