U.S. factory orders fall in November: data


By Xia Lin

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Orders for U.S. manufactured goods fell in November, reversing course after an October increase, said official data on Monday.

Manufacturers' new orders totaled 586.1 billion U.S. dollars in November, down 0.4 percent from 588.2 billion dollars in October, according to the Commerce Department. Economists had expected a 0.3 percent decline in orders.

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