The volatile government sector fell for the second straight month, down 3.5 percent, to $87.6 billion.

The rate of inflation has fallen for the third month running, to 4.5 per cent.

Producer prices fell in March for the fourth straight month.

Its total car and truck sales fell 23.7 percent for the month.

Home heating oil fell in price for the third straight month, while natural gas turned down after two months of increases.

Foreign direct investment also fell for the second straight month in December.

And the price of used cars fell for the fourth straight month.

The cost of cable television fell for the second straight month but was still 12.1 percent higher than in October 1989.

Well, at last some good news on the jobs front, with the number of people out of work falling for the second month running.

In addition, the level of orders on the books fell for the 11th straight month.