Lower prices for food and autos last month offset increases in energy costs.
The department said higher aircraft orders were offset by lower demand for autos and parts.
We're currently using about twelve to fifteen million barrels a day just for American autos and trucks.
A lot of it we put into an emergency fund for autos or appliances.
There are a number of major routes for autos.
The market share for American-made autos dropped four percentage points, to 65 percent.
He predicted a "somewhat better demand for autos in 1996."
Orders for autos, industrial equipment and primary metals rose in April.
The price does not include charges for autos ($65 in shoulder season, $82 in the summer).
Gasoline cost 25 percent more than a year earlier, but some other costs - notably for autos and air travel - fell.