Capex falls for fourth straight month in Dec on weak orders
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Washington
A GAUGE of US business investment plans fell for a fourth straight month in December, a potential sign that slowing global growth and falling crude oil prices were starting to have an impact on the economy.
The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that non-defence capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for business spending plans, fell 0.6 per cent last month after a similar decline in November.
Economists polled by Reuters had for…
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