Exports, however, remained robust, growing at an almost unchanged 2.5 percent.

The 30-year bond held at 9329/32 to yield 8.04 percent, unchanged from Monday.

Unions barely kept pace with the overall economy, accounting for an unchanged 13.9 percent of the work force.

Overseas causes attract just over 1 percent of American donations, unchanged from 10 years ago.

The forecast for the unemployment rate is 5.0 percent, unchanged from June.

Nationally, the rate was 63.7 percent, relatively unchanged from the year before.

Demand was below average for the six-month issue, with the rate unchanged at 4.80 percent from the previous week.

The 30-year bond finished at a price of 96 23/32, to yield 6.89 percent, unchanged from Friday.

Nationally, organized labor accounted for about 13.9 percent of all working people, unchanged from 1998.

For all of 1986, the gross national product grew 2.5 percent, unchanged from the first estimate.