After reporting a sharp increase in new orders for U.S. manufactured goods in the previous month, the Commerce Department released a report on Thursday showing a slight pullback in factory orders in the month of August.
The Commerce Department said factory orders edged down by 0.1 percent in August after surging up 1.4 percent in July. Economists had expected orders to dip by 0.2 percent.
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