Category Archives: Economic Indicators

International Trade Deficit: 58.8 billion (-4.3 billion)

Posted on February 14, 2008 by John Rutledge

(February 14, 2008) – The Department of Commerce released its U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services Report this morning for December 2007, reporting that total December exports of $144.3 billion and imports of $203.1 billion resulted in a $58.8 … Continue reading →

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December New Construction Down 12.3%

Posted on February 1, 2008 by John Rutledge

(February 2, 2008) – The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today in its December 2007 Construction Report that construction spending during December 2007 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1,140.2 billion, 1.1 percent … Continue reading →

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