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November furniture indicators

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, January 5, 2003

	% change from Oct. 2002	% change from Nov. 2001
Source: Furniture/Today market research, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Dept. of Labor, National Assn. of Realtors, U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, U.S. Federal Reserve Board.
Sales of new single-family homes	5.7%	14.0%
Privately owned housing starts	2.4	5.8
Consumer spending for furniture & bedding	1.6	3.8
Furniture producer price index	0.0	1.4
Furniture factory employment	-0.4	-1.8
Furniture factory capacity utilization	-0.7	-3.2
Existing single-family home resales	-3.5	5.9

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