New York Manufacturing Contracts for a Ninth Straight Month
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New York state factory activity contracted for a ninth straight month, restrained by a steeper decline in orders that prompted pullbacks in employment and hours worked.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s August general business conditions index rose 1.9 points to minus 4.7, still below the zero reading that indicates contraction. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for minus 6.