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Decreases in new orders and order backlogs—two of the four demand indicators—more than offset gains posted by the indexes charting new export orders and customer inventories, Spence said.

Contractors working on data centers have an average backlog of 10.9 months of work, compared with eight months for their peers, according to data from ABC.

Figures on the backlog of people waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application include both applicants and dependants.

The backlog of those waiting for a first decision has been declining steadily across the year, but there has been a growing backlog of appeals.

The drop in November was driven largely by a fall in order backlogs, which hit their lowest level since March 2009.