%Stock trades in the United States were closed on September 2 reduction in the leading index on the background of macroeconomic news. Without much optimism, investors viewed the publication of the report of the U.S. Department of Commerce, under which the volume of industrial orders in the U.S. in July 2009. increased by 1,3% compared to the previous month and amounted to 355.46 billion dollars, while analysts had expected growth of 2.3%. This figure for June was revised upward. As it turned out, it has increased by 0,9%, not 0.4% as previously reported.
More heat was adopted by the report of the U.S. Department of Labor on productivity on the basis of II quarter of 2009. Seasonally adjusted figure rose by 6,5% compared with the previous quarter. At the same time in the economy as a whole, except for agricultural industries, labor productivity increased in quarterly terms by 6,6%, and annual - on 1,9%. This proved to be better presented earlier in August this year preliminary data (productivity growth of 6,3%).
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