The year-over-year print was also weak, down -5.2% versus expectations of being down -3.9%.
The financials were also weak again yesterday as questions are asked of the major banks.
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Demand from individual and foreign investors, the two segments which pushed up the Nikkei 225 earlier this year, is also weak.
In the U.S., credit markets were also weak early in day Thursday.
With take-home pay also weak, it is a mystery how buying power in the lower two-thirds of the American economy can be maintained.
This loyalty is dubious morally and it is also weak strategically.
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The links between federal, state and local government are also weak.
The company said orders for its healthcare equipment were also weak, particularly in North America, where sales fell by more 10 percent on hospital budget cuts and new orders declined.
Other anti-referendum arguments circulating in Edinburgh are also weak.
March could yet help turn things around, but if next week's survey of the larger services part of the economy is also weak, there is a distinct possibility that national output will shrink again, in the first three months of this year.
The trouble with John Major was not just that he was too weak a personality to be an effective PM, but that he also made weak decisions - or did not make decisions at all.
It also reports weak service and manufacturing sector activity, and falling prices in weak housing markets.
The daily OBV also looks weak, as it has formed lower highs, line g, in 2011.
There are also expecting weak growth in the two strongest euro economies, Germany and France.
The data failed to improve sentiment also because weak production in the year-earlier period has helped the latest reading.
There was also more weak economic data coming out of the EU Wednesday.
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Also, weak job growth and concerns about federal budget cuts and tax increases continue to weigh on consumer confidence.
The labour market also remains weak: France's unemployment rate climbed to 9.7% in September, its highest level since April 2000.
There was also more weak economic data coming out of Germany Tuesday, where the ZEW index of economic sentiment fell sharply.
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And there was also very weak economic data coming out of the EU Monday that suggests the EU is mired in a recession.
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Energy (XLE), Oil (OIH) and Agribusiness (MOO) are also relatively weak.
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Output also remains weak in Europe: in the year to February industrial production rose by only 0.9% in France and by 0.2% in Italy .
Other components of the jobs report were also alarmingly weak.
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The performance of the manufacturing sector has also been weak.
The quarterly earnings statement also revealed weak demand in the eurozone market, which led to an 11% drop in annual sales in the first quarter of the year.
Demand from some of New Zealand's key external markets, such as the US, Japan and Australia, is expected to soften significantly, while the domestic economy is also looking weak.
Brisbane has also been weak, with prices off more than 6% this year, but much of the drop stems from the devastation to the capital of Queensland state earlier in the year from a series of floods.
Numbers for retail sales also look weak.
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