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Enviado: 1/4/2005 16:29e a partida de 1 de Abril foi, por minutos, o ISM factory index... coff..cof (joking)
CORRECT: U.S. March ISM factory index 55.2%
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Factory activity in the United States decelerated slightly in March, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.
The ISM index slipped to 55.2 percent in March from 55.3 percent in February.
The drop was not as large as expected.
The consensus forecast of estimates collected by Marketwatch was for the index to slip to 55.0.
Readings above 50 indicate expansion.
(Corrects headline to 55.2 percent, and that index declined slightly.)
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ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. Feb. construction outlays up 0.4%; Spending weaker than expected
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 10:21 AM ET April 1, 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Outlays on U.S. construction projects increased by a weaker-than-expected 0.4% in February, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting outlays to rise 0.7%.
Spending in February rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.05 trillion, the department said.
Spending on private construction projects climbed 0.1% above the revised January estimate of $806.2 billion, while spending on public projects rose 1.1% above the revised January estimate of $237.3 billion.
February's total construction number is 10% above the $952 billion reported a year earlier.
Residential construction in February rose 0.7% from January to $579 billion, while spending on nonresidential construction rose 1.2% to $229 billion.
Spending on educational and highway construction projects also rose in February. Spending on school projects rose 1.8% to $65 billion and outlays on road construction climbed 2.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $72.2 billion.
CORRECT: U.S. March ISM factory index 55.2%
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Factory activity in the United States decelerated slightly in March, the Institute for Supply Management reported Friday.
The ISM index slipped to 55.2 percent in March from 55.3 percent in February.
The drop was not as large as expected.
The consensus forecast of estimates collected by Marketwatch was for the index to slip to 55.0.
Readings above 50 indicate expansion.
(Corrects headline to 55.2 percent, and that index declined slightly.)
....................
ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. Feb. construction outlays up 0.4%; Spending weaker than expected
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last Update: 10:21 AM ET April 1, 2005
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Outlays on U.S. construction projects increased by a weaker-than-expected 0.4% in February, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch were expecting outlays to rise 0.7%.
Spending in February rose to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $1.05 trillion, the department said.
Spending on private construction projects climbed 0.1% above the revised January estimate of $806.2 billion, while spending on public projects rose 1.1% above the revised January estimate of $237.3 billion.
February's total construction number is 10% above the $952 billion reported a year earlier.
Residential construction in February rose 0.7% from January to $579 billion, while spending on nonresidential construction rose 1.2% to $229 billion.
Spending on educational and highway construction projects also rose in February. Spending on school projects rose 1.8% to $65 billion and outlays on road construction climbed 2.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $72.2 billion.