The U.S. Dollar continued its fall against the yen in early trading on March 27, 2008 in Tokyo, after the release of poor economic data, which confirms the poor state of the U.S. economy. According to the U.S. Commerce Department, new durable goods orders decreased by 1.7%, which was worse than the increase of 0.7% which had been anticipated by economists. Also, reports on new house purchases fell by 1.8% in February 2008.