Also, consumer spending was down, but his data was balanced out last Thursday by better-than-expected jobless claims.

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The firm's data show that balanced funds had average total returns of 7.5%, 2.1% and 6.4% over the past three, five and 10 years, respectively.

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Many firms also use ABC data for the measures required for a balanced scorecard (see article).

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But, in the one year data, the gold and real estate balanced portfolio only underperformed by 750 basis points, while in one period it outperformed by 1336 basis points.

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Data from the federal government on Tuesday also provided evidence of balanced business inventories.

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Intelligence derived by legal invoice data can help both law firms and law departments identify a balanced solution.

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The data shows that there has been a net out-migration from California to other states since 1990, balanced for awhile by immigration from other countries.

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