Area experts predict healthy retail sales next year
Monday, December 19, 2005
Orders to U.S. factories posted solid increases in October and November while worker productivity jumped by the largest amount in two years, the government recently reported. It was the latest evidence the economy is rebounding from the Gulf Coast hurricanes and a spike in energy prices, leading area analysts to predict the economy will turn in a solid performance in 2006.
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