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Statement by Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on New Residential Construction in July 2012

Submitted on August 16, 2012 - 9:39am
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released new residential construction data for July 2012. Permits for new housing units were up 6.8 percent from June and up 29.5 percent from July 2011. Housing starts for July 2012 were down 1.1 percent from June, but up 21.5 percent from July 2011. 

Statement by Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on International Trade in Goods and Services in June 2012

Submitted on August 9, 2012 - 10:26am
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Acting U.S. Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank issued the following statement today on the release of the June 2012 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services (June 2012) by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. The U.S. trade deficit in June shrank a significant 10.7 percent from May, to $42.9 billion, exceeding private-sector expectations. Exports grew a strong 0.9 percent, to a record $185.0 billion, and imports declined 1.5 percent, to $227.9 billion.