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

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

VOA: special.2010.06.03

"The goal must be a model in which protectionism gives way to openness, the reins of commerce pass from the few to the many and the economy generates jobs for the young.

VOA: special.2011.05.27

Clive Randall,president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, says the government responded aggressively to take control of the economy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

On the positive side, the Commerce Department reports U.S.factory orders rose 0.4 percent in June, beating analysts' expectations.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

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

The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.6 percent in June, about twice what economists had expected.

VOA: standard.2009.07.14

The Commerce Department says orders placed at U.S.factories increased in June, for a third straight month.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

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

Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman, Democrat Henry Waxman ordered a pause in his panel's drafting of the measure as Democrats work to overcome differences within their party.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

Wall Street cheered Friday following an upbeat fourth quarter report from the Commerce Department showing the U.S.economy grew at the fastest pace in more than six years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Andrew Durieux is the president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Bangkok.

VOA: standard.2010.05.21

"So,this kind of cyclical problem of displacement is extremely unsettling for the population and limits the possibility for the population to reinvest in economic activities such as agriculture,commerce and so on and so forth,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

In other economic news, Iran's commerce minister Mehdi Ghazanfari repeated an earlier warning by parliament speaker Ali Larijani that Tehran would respond to any inspection of its cargo ships on the high seas.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23