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To: sammaster who wrote (86020)	3/27/2001 8:40:59 AM
From: Earlie	Respond to of 436258

SM: Just getting started. More later. Best, Earlie

To: sammaster who wrote (86020)	3/27/2001 8:44:03 AM
From: sammaster	Respond to of 436258

Durable orders slip The U.S. factory sector continued to weaken in February, according to government data released Tuesday. Orders for durable goods placed with domestic manufacturers slipped 0.2 percent. Economists surveyed by CBS.MarketWatch.com looked for orders to rise 0.5 percent that month, on the heels of a sharp downward revision to durables orders placed in January. Orders for big-ticket items built to last at least three years dropped 7.3 percent in the first month of the year. Declines in orders for aircraft and other forms of transportation, metals, computers and other industrial machinery offset a large increase in orders for electronics last month, according to a Commerce Department report. Excluding the often-volatile transportation component, orders actually rose 0.5 percent, the first increase in three months. Still, the report supports financial market expectations for further Federal Reserve action to slash interest rates and keep the U.S. economy on a positive, if slower, growth track.