Pyongyang, September 30 (KCNA) -- Sales of new single-family houses in the United States declined by 2.3 percent in August, fresh evidence of the still faltering market, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday. This is ascribable to the drop of the purchase power of inhabitants due to economic depression.

Industrial new orders in the eurozone fell by 2.1 percent in July compared with the previous month.