Meanwhile, stocks of purchases were depleted during June, but at a slower
pace than in the previous month.
Not exact matches
The 43,852 tonnes of lithium - rich spodumene concentrate produced
in the three
months to March 31 was well below the output seen
in each of the
previous two quarters, and put the company behind the
pace required to achieve its goal of producing more
than 200,000 tonnes of concentrate
in 2018.
And historical tendencies continued to play out since Canada saw a net increase of 22.2 K jobs
in August, which is more
than the consensus for a 15K increase, and is a faster
pace of jobs growth compare to the
previous month's +10.9 K.
According to the New York Fed's February 2017 U.S. Economy Snapshot, consumer spending expanded at a significantly faster
pace in December
than it did the
previous month — thanks
in part to consumers who bought durable goods such as dishwashers and washing machines just before the New Year.
Despite the dip from the
previous month, home values continued to climb higher year - over-year by 3.85 percent nationally; however, this growth is a slower
pace than the 5.28 percent annual increase
in November.
While total housing starts as reported by the Census Bureau fell 3 % for the
month, the first two
months of the fourth quarter set a construction
pace (an average of 875,000 starts rate) that is 13 % higher
than the rate of building
in previous quarter.