Sat, 12/04/2010 - 07:02 by Prince damin
Washington -- New orders for manufactured U.S. goods fell 0.9 percent to $420.1 billion in October after three months of gains, the U.S. Census Bureau said Friday.
The volatile category of transportation items -- on planes, trains and ships -- led the decrease in new business for factories, falling 5.2 percent to $52.3 billion after rising 0.4 percent in September.
Transportation orders have fallen in two of the past three months.
Orders in durable goods, also down for two of the past three months, fell 3.4 percent to $195.7 billion while orders for non-durable goods rose 1.5 percent to $224.4 billion.
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Wed, 10/27/2010 - 09:52 by Rakhi
Washington -- The U.S. Census Bureau says an estimated 36 million children between 5 and 13 put on costumes and went trick-or-treating last Halloween.
The bureau said data from 2009 suggests the children had 111.3 million occupied dwellings to choose from while going door-to-door for candy.
The report said 931 million pounds of pumpkins were produced by major pumpkin-producing states during the 2009 season, while 1,317 manufacturing establishments made chocolate products in 2008.
Americans consumed 24.3 pounds per-capita of candy for all of 2009, the bureau said.
Costumes and formal wear were rented from 1,814 businesses across the country in 2008, the report said.
Copyright 2010 United Press International, Inc. (UPI).
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Fri, 03/05/2010 - 21:10 by Inderjit Singh
Washington -- New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose in January, the ninth increase in 10 months, the U.S. Census Bureau reported.
New orders were up by 1.7 percent, a $6.2 billion increase to $378.4 billion, the bureau said Thursday.
The rise was in line with a 1.6 percent rise that had been forecast by economists.
After a 1.8 percent increase in December, durable goods orders rose 2.6 percent to $174.9 billion. Non-durable goods orders rose 0.9 percent to $203.5 billion.
In January, unfilled orders rose for the first time in 16 months, rising 0.1 percent to $717.8 billion, ending the longest streak of declines since 1992.
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Sat, 11/21/2009 - 21:20 by Inderjit Singh
Washington -- The U.S. Census Bureau says it is having little trouble finding census workers for its 2010 survey in a struggling economy.
With temporary jobs that pay between $10 and $20 per hour, applicants with advanced degrees and years of professional experience are flocking to sign up for the positions, which will give U.S. labor market a slight jolt next year, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
"What we're seeing now is blowing our socks off," Wendy Button, the decennial recruiting chief for the bureau, told the newspaper. "We're seeing a huge response to very little media."
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Fri, 09/11/2009 - 01:50 by surajdogra
Washington -- The U.S. Census Bureau said poverty levels increased in 2008 with widespread declines in the median family income.
The median income fell in "households of each race category," the annual report said.
The report called "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2008" said statistically the percentage of uninsured U.S. citizens did not change from 2007 to 2008, but the number of uninsured increased.
The poverty rate held steady for households managed by a person 65 years old or older. For households maintained by all other age groups and for children under
18, the poverty rate increased.
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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:25 by surajdogra
Washington, July 22: U.S. government spending increased 9.3 percent in the Bush administration's final fiscal year to nearly $2.79 trillion, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.
The figure is equivalent to $9,184 for every person living in the United States, the bureau said.
Medicare health insurance, Medicaid medical assistance for poor people and Social Security made up 48 percent of all federal spending, or $1.35 trillion, the bureau said. Of that amount, $659 billion went to Social Security.
Federal spending was highest per person in Virginia at $15,256, followed by Maryland at $13,829 and Alaska at $13,730, the bureau said.
States with the lowest federal per-capita spending were Utah at $6,255, Nevada at $6,638 and Wisconsin at $7,132.
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Thu, 07/09/2009 - 23:31 by Salinder Kumar
Washington -- Merchant wholesale trade sales rose marginally in May, while inventories declined 0.8 percent, the U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday.
Trade sales, adjusted for seasonal variations, rose 0.2 percent in the month to $311.3 billion.
The figures point to a possible turning point in inventory that indicates production may start to accelerate -- a consideration that is more important to economists than to investors.
The Census Bureau said it would now take 1.29 months to sell the inventory wholesalers have built up, down from 1.31 months in April.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Thu, 07/02/2009 - 21:29 by Inderjit Singh
Washington -- New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose in May for the third month of the last four, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
New orders increased 1.2 percent, or $4.1 billion, to $347.9 billion, the government said.
The report firms up numbers previously released, giving it marginal impact on U.S. stock markets, which turned lower Thursday after the Labor Department said unemployment rose from 9.4 percent to 9.5 percent in June.
The report includes new information on non-durable orders, which rose 0.7 percent in May, higher than predicted, to $184.5 billion.
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Thu, 06/11/2009 - 20:54 by Inderjit Singh
Washington -- U.S. retail sales rose modestly in May, climbing slightly higher than experts predicted, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
Sales for food services and retail climbed 0.5 percent in the month compared to April, coming in at $340 billion, the report said. Economists had predicted a rise of 0.4 percent.
The report includes advance figures, subject to revision at a later date.
In the month, retail sales climbed 0.5 percent compared to April, although retail figures are 10.8 lower than a year ago.
Compared to May 2008, gasoline station sales have fallen 33.8 percent, while sales in the automobile sector have dropped 19.6 percent.
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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 01:35 by Salinder Kumar
Washington -- Merchant wholesale trade sales dropped 0.4 percent in April, while inventories declined 1.4 percent, the U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday.
The figures point to a a reduction of inventory that could trigger more activity in manufacturing.
Inventories fell to $405.4 billion by the end of the month, dropping 6.2 percent from a year ago. Sales fell to $309.4 billion, down 19.5 percent from a year ago.
In the automobile industry, sales fell 7.8 percent compared to March. Sales in metals and minerals fell 6.5 percent, while non-durable goods sales increased 0.8 percent.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International.
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Wed, 06/03/2009 - 22:53 by Shruti Sharma
Washington -- New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose in April, increasing 0.7 percent, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.
The increase fell short of forecasts. Economists predicted growth of 0.9 percent during the month.
In April, new orders reached $344.4 billion. As of April, new orders were up for two of the past three months.
In March, orders fell 1.9 percent, the bureau said, sharply revising their previous estimate of a 0.9 percent decline.
In the latest month, durable goods orders rose -- tracking orders for items meant to last more than three years -- rose 1.7 percent $160.9 billion, after dropping 2.2 percent in March. Non-durable goods orders fell 0.1 percent to $183.5 billion.
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Thu, 04/09/2009 - 00:01 by Shruti Sharma
Washington -- Merchant wholesale trade sales rose 0.6 percent in February, while inventories declined 1.5 percent, the U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday.
The figures point to depleting inventories that should trigger a rebound at the production level.
Inventories reached $419.3 billion by the end of the month, down 1.7 percent from a year ago, the Census Bureau said.
But, sales were down 14.3 percent from a year ago at $319.7 billion, indicating a production increase would presumably occur on a scaled-back level.
In the automobile industry, sales rose 3.7 percent compared with January's sales. Sales in metals and minerals were down 5.6 percent. Non-durable good sales were down 0.4 percent from a month ago.
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