Analysts expected a larger decline.
However, online retailers suffered a much larger decline, with sales down by 12%.
The revision resulted mostly from a smaller increase in corporate capital investment and a larger decline in public works spending.
The drop reflected less consumer and government spending and a larger decline in business investment than estimated.
The much larger decline among teenagers, he said, is owed to their having been singled out for attention.
For students who've had a larger decline, we ask them to write back with their comments and explanation.
A government report said durable goods orders dropped 1.3 percent in November, a larger decline than expected.
For the third quarter, orders slipped 6.5percentt, and the government expects an even larger decline in the last three months of the year.
Analysts and investors had expected yesterday's jobs report to show a larger decline in jobs than it did and for the unemployment rate to rise slightly.
The claimant count fell by 32,900 to 1.54 million in March, a much larger decline than the City had expected.
Using different definitions, some groups have come up with different figures, showing a larger decline in the dollar value of earmarks.
