The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the building of new homes fell in March to the second-lowest level on record.

VOA: special.2009.04.17

The Commerce Department said sales of new single-family houses also rose but just by three-tenths of one percent.

VOA: special.2009.05.29

But it said the monopoly was in manufacturing -- not in trade or interstate commerce.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

A Commerce Department report showing that new home construction fell to an eight-month low in June - only added to the unease.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

One of them - the Erie Canal - opened the West to commerce by connecting New York's Hudson River with the Great Lakes in the heartland.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

The Commerce Department said Wednesday the U.S.trade deficit grew by almost one-fifth in June.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11