A pair of economic numbers out of the European Union suggest a still-shaky recovery with industrial orders dropping while prices nudged upward. In the area using the euro, industrial [new orders](http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/01/06/industrial orders.pdf) fell by 2.2% between September and October and remained 14% below last year’s level. On the other hand, [wholesale prices](http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/01/06/eu producer prices.pdf) rose .1% while also remaining substantially lower than last year.
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