Construction Put In Place
WASHINGTON - A flurry of new data Friday showed the economy is improving - with temporary help from the government.
                                                                    
                                        WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's $800 billion-plus economic stimulus law may not be earning good grades with the public, but the White House claims it's on track to produce the promised 3.5 million jobs.
                                                                    
                                        WASHINGTON - Construction spending rose in August as a big jump in government building projects offset further weakness in the private sector.
                                                                    
                                        REVAVA, West Bank - Jewish settlers released balloons and broke ground on a kindergarten in celebration Sunday as a 10-month construction slowdown expired, while U.S.
                                                                    
                                        NEW HOME SALES WEAK: New homes sold at the second-slowest pace on record in August, signaling that the housing market will remain a drag on the economy.
                                                                    
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                        - August new home sales second slowest on record
 - Pace of new home sales second slowest on record
 - Settlement freeze has barely slowed construction
 - Homebuilding industry years away from recovery
 - Stocks waver ahead of Federal Reserve decisions
 - Stock futures rise on jump in housing starts
 - Home construction jumps 10.5 pct in August
 - Homebuilders' confidence stuck at 18-month low
 - Hovnanian trims loss for fiscal Q3
 - Americans' economic confidence ticks up slightly
 - Summary Box: Home sales, goods orders both sink
 - Bad news on homes, goods adds to air of recession
 - Oil settles higher after 6 days of declines
 - Stocks recover following weak home sales report
 - Oil rises after 6 days of declines
 - Recovery in danger as firms, homebuyers cut back
 - More bad news on home sales sends stocks lower
 - July new home sales fall to slowest pace on record
 - Stocks fall on weak durable goods orders
 - Weak US data shakes markets once again
 - Stock futures fall on weak durable goods orders
 - Stocks drop after sharp fall in July home sales
 - Stocks drop on global economic worries
 - Stock futures drop on global economic worries
 - Summary Box: Economy sending mixed signals
 - Factories aid bumpy recovery, housing still weak
 - Stocks rise on earnings, economic reports
 - Stock futures rise on earnings, economic reports
 - Housing construction rises 1.7 percent in July
 - Stock futures rise ahead of batch of economic data
 - Ahead of the Bell: Housing starts
 - Homebuilder confidence sinks for 3rd month
 - Summary Box: Pending home sales sink
 - Stocks fall after weak earnings, economic reports
 - US data weighs on stocks but euro surge continues