Deals Drop as Pentagon Contractors Bear Cruelest Month

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Poet T.S. Eliot called April the cruelest month. Defense contractors would pick January.

The Pentagon’s contract awards dropped 66 percent from December to $8.44 billion, the lowest level in at least 22 months, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The previous low during that period was $12.1 billion in January 2013.