Goods and services deficit up 8.5 percent year-over-year.
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For the first time in five years, residential construction investment rose on a year-over-year basis in every province.
Manufactured durable goods new orders down 0.8 percent.
Construction spending up 1.4 percent from September.
PMI down 0.5 percent from October, and overall economy grew.
The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 1.8 percent.
MDM's annual Industry Outlook Survey now online.
All Districts reported that manufacturing activity expanded during the reporting period.
Raw materials price index increased 3.8 percent due to higher prices for crude energy products.
Index remains at 17-year high.
NetPlus Alliance's Dan Judge reflects on five decades in the industry.
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This decrease follows a 2.2 percent September increase, according to the advance report.
Some distributors responding incorrectly to Amazon's latest move.
Real GDP by state growth ranged from 8.3 percent in North Dakota to -0.7 percent in Iowa.
The index's three-month moving average, CFNAI-MA3, increased 0.28 during the month.
Spending on single-family homes led the increase.
Sales were up in four of the eight subsectors.
