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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time

New motor vehicle sales, May 2009

Increased truck sales led to a 1.0% rise in the number of new motor vehicles sold in May to 121,348 units. After falling sharply in the latter part of 2008, sales of new motor vehicles have generally been rising since the beginning of 2009.

Investment in non-residential building construction, second quarter 2009

Investment in non-residential building construction amounted to $10.6 billion (in current dollars) in the second quarter of 2009, a 2.8% drop from the first quarter and the second consective quarterly decrease. This was the result of declines in commercial and industrial building construction.

Canadian Vehicle Survey, 2008

Steel wire and specified wire products, May 2009

Steel pipe and tubing, May 2009

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