The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's March business-activity index showed expansion, while economists had expected contraction.
U.S. economic data due for release Monday includes the Chicago Fed national activity index.
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U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday is light and includes the Chicago Fed national activity index.
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U.S. economic data due for release Monday includes the Chicago Fed national activity index and existing home sales.
The seasonally adjusted HSBC Service Sector Business Activity Index fell to 51.4 in March from 54.2 in February.
The eurozone's services activity index slowed to a two-and-a-half year low, to 53.1, in December--it had been at 58 in August.
U.S. economic data due for release Monday includes the Chicago Fed national activity index and the Texas manufacturing outlook survey.
Kauffman bases its entrepreneurial activity index on a monthly population survey jointly sponsored by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Internet Activity Index (IAI) at the Online Publishers Association site has historically monitored category shifts in traffic month to month.
U.S. economic data due for release Monday includes the Chicago Fed national activity index, pending home sales and the Texas manufacturing outlook survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the Chicago Fed national activity index, existing home sales, and the Richmond Fed business survey.
U.S. economic data due for release Monday includes the Chicago Fed national activity index and midwest manufacturing index, and the Texas manufacturing outlook survey.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the Chicago Fed national activity index and new residential home sales.
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Earlier today the Chicago Fed released its monthly National Activity Index which showed the economy had grown more slowly in June than it had historically.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, durable goods orders, the Chicago Fed national activity index, leading economic indicators and new residential sales.
On the domestic front, business activity among Texas-area manufacturers is expanding at a slower rate this month than in January, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' general business activity index.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report, new residential sales and the Richmond Fed business activity index.
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The company expects that in conjunction with the strength displayed by its construction activity index, the economy will rebound by 0.8% in the first quarter after an unexpected 0.5% contraction at the end of 2010.
U.S. economic reports due for release Friday include durable goods orders, personal income and outlays, the Chicago Fed national activity index, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, and the Kansas City Fed manufacturing survey.
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U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the third-quarter GDP estimate, the weekly jobless claims report, the Chicago Fed national activity index, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, the U.S. house price index and leading economic indicators.
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Some of these have a longer lead time relative to economic activity than others, so the firm publishes both a longer leading index, which signals changes in activity about a year in advance, and a shorter leading index, which looks six months ahead.
An index of activity in both manufacturing and services edged up in January from a record low.
The Philly Fed index of activity was predicted to rise in June from 3.9 but came in at minus 7.7.
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Only Ireland achieved growth in business activity, with an index score of 55.3, close to its 20-month high reached in October.
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The Institute for Supply Management said Monday that its index of factory activity slipped to 51.3 percent.
The Reuters Purchasing Manufacturer's index of factory activity fell to 47.3 in July, down 0.6 points from a month before.
The National Association of Purchasing Managers' index of manufacturing activity fell to 43.6 in July from 44.7 a month before.
Cities like San Diego or Tampa are improving in the housing affordability index because buying activity in the lower segment of the market has picked up.
Things looked cheerier in American factories, where the ISM index of manufacturing activity beat expectations and crept up to 51.5, ending three consecutive months of contraction.
The index of manufacturing activity published by America's Institute for Supply Management fell much more sharply than expected in December, to a four-month low of 54.2.
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