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Manufacturing activity in the New York region contracted in��November for a fourth straight month, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Thursday.

The “Empire State Index,” generally the first economic indicator in a given month,��was��minus 5.2��after minus 6.2 in October, the regional Fed said.

Readings of less than zero indicate contraction, while above that shows expansion.

The��November reading was above economists’ forecasts of a minus 8 reading, Bloomberg reported.

Manufacturing is one of trucking’s largest and most important customers.