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US housing starts plunge by 10.6% in October

By Alan Rappeport in New York

Published: November 18 2009 14:22 | Last updated: November 18 2009 14:22

New US residential construction plunged last month, falling for the first time since April and taking the wind out of the housing market’s fragile recovery, official figures showed on Wednesday.

Separately, the labour department said the cost of living in the US ticked up in October, as the slow pace of the economic recovery has kept inflation in check.

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