As a result, sales of new games, consoles and accessories in U.S. retail stores have contracted every month for more than a year, according to market researcher NPD Group.
On Wednesday the Institute for Supply Management reported U.S. factory activity contracted for a second month in September, while inflationary pressures tumbled and employment in the sector fell.
Brazil's manufacturing sector contracted for the third successive month in June.
It also plans to cut overnight shifts at more than 60 towers at medium-size airports this summer and eliminate about 170 control towers staffed by contracted employees at small airports next month.
China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for May, which contracted and fell to a seven-month low.
But Fletcher has already stepped asked that England-contracted players be rested in the first month of the season, and in September.
Official figures released earlier this month showed that the eurozone economy contracted by 0.1% in the third quarter, between July and September.
But it has been reported that the New Zealand Rugby Football Union is offering Carter an 18-month sabbatical abroad, which would see him remain contracted to the governing body and return in time for the 2010 Super 14s and the build-up to the 2011 World Cup.
Consumer spending in November contracted 0.6%, according to the Commerce Department, dropping for a fifth month in a row.
This actually happened back in May 2009, when the CPI-U contracted by 2.78%, resulting in a 0% overall rate during that six month period for any I Bonds purchased since the Fall of 2001.
Revised data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the economy contracted by 0.5% during the quarter, less than the 0.7% it announced last month.
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