Real gross domestic product (GDP) edged up 0.1% in September, after remaining essentially unchanged in August.
Services-producing industries rose 0.2% in September, in large part driven by increases in the retail and wholesale trade sectors. This was the fourth consecutive month where the services-producing industries increased. Goods-producing industries contracted 0.3% in September, as the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction and the manufacturing sectors contracted in the month. Goods-producing industries were down for a second month in a row. Overall, 11 of 20 sectors expanded in September.
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