U.S. HOUSING COMPLETIONS FELL 0.2 PCT IN JANUARY

  U.S. Completions of new homes fell
  0.2 pct in January to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.884 mln
  units from 1.888 mln in December, the Commerce Department said.
      The January fall came after a strong 6.4 pct rise from
  November's rate of 1.774 mln units and brought completions to
  6.7 pct above the January, 1986 level of 1.765 mln units.
      In January, completions of single-family units rose 0.4 pct
  to a seasonally adjusted 1.183 mln units from 1.178 mln units
  in December while multi-family units fell 1.3 pct to 701,000
  units in January, the department said.
  

