Overall employment grew by 261,000 in October, with unemployment down to 4.1 percent.
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Goods and services deficit up 9.3 percent year over year.
Year-to-date sales up 0.5 percent year-over-year.
Sales for first six months of FY2018 increase 6.4 percent.
Manufactured durable goods new orders up 2 percent.
The distributor reported a profit of $5.7 million for the quarter.
Fourth-quarter sales increase 4.2 percent year-over-year.
Profit increased 35.8 percent in fiscal first quarter.
Year-to-date sales down 10 percent compared to same period in 2016.
Year-to-date, sales increased 10.3 percent year-over-year.
Acquisition gives plumbing distributor 16th location in Northeast region.
The acquisition aims to strengthen the company's construction business.
A new production line will be added as part of the investment.
Distributor expands footprint in Texas and Canada.
