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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (7240)	8/31/2001 10:53:02 AM
From: kodiak_bull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Speaking of good economic news: US Factory Orders-OVERVIEW Aug. 31- --US July factory orders +0.1%; ex-transportation unchanged --Excluding defense, US July factory orders -0.1% --US July durable goods orders revised to -0.7%, from -0.6% --US July factory inventories -0.6%; shipments +0.5% --US July unfilled orders -1.0% --US July's inventory/shipments ratio 1.38 vs June's 1.40 By Andrew Williams Washington, Aug. 31 (BridgeNews) - A 0.9% rise in transportation orders helped U.S. factory orders edge up 0.1% in July, topping economists' expectations for a 0.5% decline. However, June's factory orders were revised to down 2.9% from down 2.4%. Excluding transportation, factory orders were unchanged in July, while factory inventories fell 0.6%. * * * July's non-durable goods shipments, a proxy for non-durable goods orders, were up 1.1% after a revised 3.4% decline the month before, the Commerce Department said. July's orders for durable goods were revised to down 0.7%, from down 0.6% as reported in the Aug. 24 preliminary report on durable goods