Photo: A worker uses a hand truck to move a Sub Zero refrigerator in a warehouse at Earl B. Feiden Appliance in Latham, New York, on April 18, 2024. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg A worker uses a hand truck to move a Sub Zero refrigerator in a warehouse at Earl B. Feiden Appliance in Latham, New York, on April 18, 2024. Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg

Orders placed with U.S. factories for business equipment rose slightly in August, suggesting firms are limiting investment ahead of the election and further declines in borrowing costs.

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