He says the MJO can be an important predictor of the state of the North Atlantic Oscillation - which controls much of our weather in the UK - about 2-4 weeks in advance.
Although like-for-like sales in the 26 weeks to 2 March rose about 3% year-on-year, there was a 10% sales fall in the period from 14 to 27 January, it added.
The casual nature of that relationship is reflected in Valve's attitude about releasing the new mode -- Team Fortress 2's VR-enabling update in the coming weeks is essentially a giant beta test in which Valve will measure and analyze the way TF2 players interact with virtual reality hardware.
Deutsche Bank, one of the early banks to reduce their forecast for Brazil GDP said about three weeks ago now that the country was an underweight for now and will likely disappoint with just 2.5 percent growth.