Volume promproizvodstva in the U.S. drops the fourth month in succession.

The volume of industrial production in the U.S. fell in January 2009 to 1,8 per cent compared with December 2008, Marketwatch reports with reference to the Federal Reserve System. This decline was the fourth row. In addition, revised data for December. Decline in promproizvodstve in the last month of the year was 2.4 percent, while the previous evaluation, it was 2 per cent.
In manufacturing, the reduction to 2.5 per cent, with the worst performance was recorded in automotive. Production of durable goods fell by 10.5 per cent. With regard to load capacity, it fell in January to 72 percent, the lowest level since February 1983. In manufacturing, this figure had fallen to a record in the postwar period, 68 per cent.
At the same time the Ministry of Commerce issued a press release reported that the construction of new homes in the U.S. fell by 17 per cent to 466 thousand.
Volumes promproizvodstva fall in the U.S. for half of the decline in consumer demand in the United States and around the world because of the global economic crisis. In the services sector has also been a decline, although the magnitude of reduction in yield to the industry.
February 17, have been published data on the level of business activity in the industry in the north-eastern region of the United States. The corresponding index fell to minus 34 points, compared with minus 22 points in December.
Despite another series of negative macroeconomic news, U.S. stock indexes opened a small growth. Dow Jones Index by 17:50 Moscow time has grown by 0.2 per cent. This is due to investors' expectations regarding the approval of the plan the U.S. administration, which suspended the removal of mass housing for non-payment. According to experts, they must revive the economy. U.S. GDP, let's have declined in the fourth quarter to 3.8 per cent, which was the worst level since 1982.