There's a lot of bearish news for corn lately. But, there's hope for the bulls in the hog business. No, it's not going to get any easier for you to add value to your grain by feeding a few hogs on your place like what was the case in ...
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An unusual surge in public construction in October pushed total construction spending to its highest level since May 2009 despite a dip in both private residential and nonresidential activity, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau ...
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Construction firms added jobs in 39 states over the past 12 months, while employment nearly stabilized in the remainder, according to an analysis released today by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. ...
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The U.S. economy expanded at a 4.1% annual rate in the third quarter, the strongest since the final three months of 2011 and up from an estimate of 3.6%, the Commerce Department said Dec. 20. Economists' forecasts for gross domestic ...
Led by a solid increase in both single-family and multifamily starts,nationwide housing production rose 22.7%to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million in November,according to figures released by the U.S.Department of Housing and ...
Initial jobless benefit claims rose to their highest level since March in the week ended Dec.14,the Labor Department reported. The rise reflects fluctuations that usually happen around the end of the year due to holiday-related ...
Existing home sales declined 4.3%for the third consecutive month in November to the lowest level of the year,the National Association of Realtors said Dec.19. Sales fell to an annual rate of 4.9 million,the weakest pace since December ...
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An index of leading economic indicators increased 0.8%in November after a 0.1%rise in October,the New York-based Conference Board said Dec.19. The increase was more than economists'medium forecast of 0.7%,Bloomberg News reported. "The ...
After six months of steadily increasing demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) paused in November. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month ...
The chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) predicts that the construction industry will add as many as 300,000 new jobs next year to decisively rebound from a recession that had crippled it. This could mean ...
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China's economy is finally rebounding from its deepest slump since the 2008 global crisis but the shaky recovery could be vulnerable to a new downturn in global trade. Growth rose to 7.9 percent in the three months ending in December, up ...
According to a new analysis by the Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade association that represents the majority of U.S. breweries—small and independent American craft brewers contributed $33.9 billion to the U.S. ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved four points to a 58 reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for December. This gain reflected improvement in ...
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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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API today welcomed a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasting record-breaking production of domestic oil and natural gas, which will dramatically increase U.S. energy security. "America is in the midst of a ...
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