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Even though a top Department of Transportation spokesman said a decision to open the United States southern border was imminent, a key provision on audits of Mexican fleets remains to be worked out between the U.S. and Mexican governments.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said Thursday its general economic index declined to 6.6 in July from a four-year high of 22.2 the month before. July marked the slowest expansion this year for manufacturing in this area.

The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators held steady at 112.4 in June – the second time in three months the monthly index has failed to increase. The index had risen 0.6% in May, the group said.

Longshoremen and West Coast port operators continued to haggle over a new contract last week, and some said talks could continue until the union caucuses on July 22.

The economy’s growing recovery is beginning to tighten the market for truck drivers, according to industry statistics and recent interviews with fleet owners and managers.

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Construction of new single-family homes slowed by 3.6% in June to a annual pace of 1.672 million homes, a report by the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is closer to issuing a rule requiring drivers who haul hazardous materials to undergo background checks, FMCSA Administrator Joseph M. Clapp said last week.

The next multiyear highway bill likely will continue the tradition of allowing states to determine how best to spend federal highway dollars, but lawmakers will have to deal, for the first time, with how much money should be spent on anti-terrorism measures.