at least we have the housing market holding things up
"Pending home sales for August plunged 7.1% from the month before, according to the
National Association of Realtors, down from the 0.9% monthly increase recorded in July. The result was far worse than the 1.0% decline that Bloomberg economists had estimated and was widespread. Every region recorded a monthly and year-over-year drop.
On a yearly basis, pending transactions were down by 18.7%."
Pending home sales for August plunged 7.1% from the month before, according to the National Association of Realtors.
finance.yahoo.com