Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- Sales of new single-family houses in the United States declined by 0.7 percent in July, reported the U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday.

This is attributable to the fall of inhabitants' purchasing power due to economic depression.

Meanwhile, industrial new orders in the eurozone dropped by 0.7 percent in June compared with the previous month, the European Union (EU) statistics office Eurostat said on Wednesday.