And one-year bill rates rose by three basis points, to a late rate of 7.75 percent.

And one-year bill rates rose by a similar amount, to an offered rate of 8.38 percent.

Unemployment rose to a postwar rate of more than 10 percent in recent months.

Sales also rose in the South, up 13.6 percent, to an annual rate of 243,000 units.

And one-year bill rates rose by one basis point, to a late rate of 3.90 percent.

One-year bill rates rose by the same amount, to a late offered rate of 8.35 percent.

The rand rose 2.6 percent today to a rate of 5.985 to the dollar.

Six-month bill rates rose by a similar amount, to a late offered rate of 5.23 percent.

For the second month, sales rose in the Northeast, up 4 percent, to a 520,000 rate.

Government spending rose 2.4 percent, to an annual rate of $79.6 billion.