November housing starts increased 22.7% to the highest level in more than five years, the Commerce Department announced Dec. 18. Starts rose to an annual rate of 1.09 million units in November, the most since February 2008, exceeding ...
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Despite all the negativity on the news, and the uncertainty involving the US debt ceiling, most trends are pointing to a steadily growing economy that bodes well for trucking's future. That was the synopsis from leading economists and ...
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The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced new residential construction statistics for July 2013. Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in July were at a seasonally ...
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Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that contractors took out building permits worth $6.6 billion in June, down 10.3 percent from May and the first decrease in six months. Despite this decline, the total value of building permits continued ...
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NEMA's Lighting Systems Index increased in the first quarter of 2013 following a 3.4 gain in the fourth quarter of 2012, growing 5.4 percent on a quarter-to-quarter basis and by 3.8 percent on a year-over-year basis. Lighting equipment ...
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US stocks pushed to the highest levels in nearly three weeks as investors await news on whether the Federal Reserve will pull back on its stimulus measures. Small-company stocks were among the best performers in Tuesday's rally, with the ...
Nationwide housing starts rose 6.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 914,000 units in May due primarily to increased production on the multifamily side, according to newly released data from HUD and the U.S. Census Bureau. ...
According to the data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the number of buildings authorized by building permits from municipalities in Turkey in the first quarter of 2013 increased to 22,995, up 17.4 percent from 19,587 ...
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The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Thursday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in April were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,017,000. This is ...
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According to the latest ‘Bi-Monthly Stainless Steel Report May 2013' issued by Germany-based service centre Damstahl, in the first two months of the current year European stainless crude steel production amounted approximately to 1.4 ...
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Contractors took out building permits worth $6.5 billion in March, up 8.6 percent from February and the third consecutive monthly advance, according to a report from Statistics Canada. The March increase came mostly from the non-residential ...
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Shares were punished yesterday as investors worried about resources stocks being hit by global economic concerns, and the dollar was also sharply lower on the increased likelihood of an imminent cut in the official cash rate. The ...
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Signs that a nascent recovery in the housing sector stumbled in March pushed the Australian dollar to its lowest since mid-April. The number of house-building permits fell 5.5 per cent in March, the most since July, curbing optimism that ...
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The US Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced Tuesday that privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in March were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 902,000. This is 3.9 ...
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Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that Canadian municipalities issued building permits worth $6 billion in February, a 1.7 percent increase from January. Higher construction intentions in the non-residential sector in eight provinces more ...