Pyongyang, September 15 (KCNA) -- Japan's core machinery orders fell a seasonally adjusted 8.2 percent in July from the previous month to 725.2 billion yen (9.38 billion dollars), the Cabinet office said Thursday.

The amount of building work fell 6.6 percent in the quarter to June in New Zealand, the lowest level in 10 years, the government statistics agency announced Thursday.

House sales continued to fall in Spain during the second quarter of 2011, 40.8 percent lower than in the same period in 2010.This is attributable to the big drop of the purchasing power of inhabitants due to the economic depression.