Manufacturing index contracts

Courtesy Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Tue, 09/02/2008 - 09:26

A key measure of the nation's manufacturing activity fell in August, reaching a level that indicated contraction in the sector even as falling oil prices helped lower some business costs.


 

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