The index held steady in April, according to revised figures, after increasing 0.1percentt in March.
Total factory orders rose 1.1percentt in September, according to revised figures, slightly weaker than the government previously reported.
The week before, claims rose by 41,000, according to revised figures, a greater increase than the government estimated.
In April, new-home sales rose 3.9percentt, according to revised figures -- considerably stronger than the 1percentt rise previously reported.
New-home sales fell 5.8percentt in August, according to revised figures, a weaker performance than the 3percentt drop the government reported one month ago.
In the second quarter its GDP grew at an annualised rate of 1.7%, according to revised figures published on August 29th.
After shedding an average of more than 700,000 jobs each month during the first quarter, the economy lost 504,000 jobs in April, according to revised data, and the number was smaller still in May.
But euro-area unemployment fell slightly in April, to 8.3%.The productivity of workers in the United States fell in the first quarter by 1.2% at an annual rate, according to revised figures.
That was an improvement from March when 16 states and the District of Columbia reported declines in unemployment, 22 states had increases and 12 had no change, according to revised figures.
The British bank will add Churchill to Direct Line, its insurance subsidiary, to create the country's third-biggest general insurer.A little betterJapan's economy grew by 0.1% in the first quarter rather than standing still, according to revised figures.
Consumer prices rose by 1.9% in the year to March, up from 1.6% in February.In Italy, industrial production was also weak, edging up in February by just 0.1% on January, when output was flat according to revised figures.
