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3Q '09 GDP: 2.8%; 2.5% Y/Y
Producer Prices: 0.3%; 1.9 Y/Y (10/09)
Consumer Prices: 0.3%; 0.2% Y/Y (10/09)
Housing Starts: 10.6%; 30.7 Y/Y (10/09)
Building Permits: 4.0%; 24.3% Y/Y (10/09)
Industrial Production: 0.1%; 7.1% Y/Y (10/09)
Consumer Spending: 0.7%; 0.9% Y/Y (real)(10/09)
New Home Sales: 6.2%; 5.1% Y/Y (10/09)
Existing Home Sales: 10.1%; 23.5% Y/Y (10/09)
Light Vehicle Sales: to a 10.9 million-units (11/09)
Construction Spending: -flat-; 14.4% Y/Y (10/09)Global Semiconductor Sales: 5.1%; 3.5% Y/Y (10/09)
Durable Goods Orders: 1.0%; 15.8% Y/Y (09/09)
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