Positive Reports Supporting Hopes For Recovery
It was an unbelievably busy March for U. S. factories and a surge in home buying are the latest signs that the economic recovery is picking up.
Orders to U. S. factories rose 1.3 percent in March, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. That was much better than the 0.1 percent decline analysts had expected. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, orders gained 3.1 percent, the biggest increase...