Specifically, there were 36,276,252 sites in December, about 180,000 fewer than the prior month.
The index of lagging indicators fell 0.2percentt in September after falling 0.3percentthehe prior month.
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Excluding mortgage interest, the rate rose to 2.2percentt from 1.9percentthehe prior month, the National Statistics Office said.
Nonmilitary capital goods orders rose 7.4percentt after declining 13.1percentthehe prior month.
They had estimated on average that core orders fell 8.1percentt from the prior month.
The core index, which excludes food and energy, fell 0.2percentt after growing 0.1percentt in the prior month.
Spending adjusted for inflation fell 0.6percentt in September, also the largest decline since December, after rising 1percentthehe prior month, the Commerce Department said.
The US Airways Group, which emerged from bankruptcy protection this week, posted a smaller net loss in February than in January even as revenue decreased from the prior month.
Meanwhile, housing starts in October fell 4.5percenttoto a seasonally adjusted 791,000 from the prior month, the government reported on Wednesday.
