The real, however, fell an additional 10 percent, to a rate of 1.58 to the dollar.

In the South, construction fell by 15 percent, to an annual rate of 551,000 units.

And one-year bill rates fell by a similar amount, to a late rate of 7.25 percent.

In the South, sales fell 3.9 percent, to an annual rate of 249,000.

And one-year bill rates also fell by a basis point, to a late offered rate of 5.85 percent.

And one-year bill rates fell by one basis point, to a late rate of 5.96 percent.

One-year bill rates fell by a similar amount, to a late offered rate of 3.96 percent.

Sales fell 4.2 percent in the South, to an annual rate of 273,000 units.

In July, for example, sales fell to an annual rate of just 13.7 million vehicles.

Permits for future construction fell by 7.8 percent last month, to a rate of 1,251,000.