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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Housing Starts Slip in May

Housing starts fell 6.5 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1 million units, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. Starts were 9.4 percent above their rate a year ago. Permits for new construction, which are considered a gauge of future demand, fell 6.4 percent to an annual rate of 991,000.

---ABA Daily Newsbytes

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