In 2000 GKN's industrial service sales jumped 19%, and its profits rose 15%.
U.S. economic data due for release Friday is heavy and includes the consumer price index, real earnings, retail sales, industrial production and capacity utilization, manufacturing and trade inventory and sales, and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey.
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Fixed asset investment was up as was industrial production and retail sales, although these numbers disappointed.
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Over the weekend, China will deliver data on inflation, industrial output and retail sales.
However, the data for September showed healthy increases in industrial production and retail sales.
Three main areas saw nice growth in October, including industrial output, retail sales, and investment.
Other official data pointing to a recovery includes an acceleration in exports, retail sales and industrial production.
The real difference will be in industrial uses, including sales of the camera technology and related sensors itself.
Industrial production and retail sales data for China were also weaker than expected.
In Asia, data showed industrial production and retail sales in China for the January and February period missed expectations.
China's economic growth rate may be gathering pace again, as the government released strong industrial output and retail sales figures.
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There is July's inflation report, and data on retail sales, industrial production and the views of America's senior loan officers.
Both retail sales and industrial production were better than most analysts expected, while the leading indicators jumped an impressive 0.6% in September.
China releases industrial output, retail sales and inflation data during this weekend.
Stepping back from somewhat dreary coincident indicators on unemployment, retail sales, industrial production and capacity utilization, there's another world out there that's unsung.
For instance, even though retail sales and industrial production data in July were higher than consensus expectations, the previous values were revised lower.
At the same time, there were some signs of weaker activity in the country's domestic economy, with slowing growth in industrial production and retail sales.
For one, in a predatory global market, we would be eliminating a facility that constitutes a vital source of financing for the commercial industrial base for foreign sales.
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Meanwhile, industrial output and retail sales also rose in January and February, from, a year earlier, though the pace of growth in those sectors was slower than what many analysts had forecast.
Industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment were all up in November, while new home prices rose in 53 out of 70 major cities in China in November, from the previous month.
Growth of ordinary imports (excluding commodities) fell 9.0 percent y-o-y in October from -2.4 percent in September, an indication that domestic demand may be weakening and contrasts with the strengthening growth of industrial production and retail sales released on Friday.
Using Katrina as an example, which was three times more costly in terms of damages, Sandy will likely produce a noticeable impact on industrial production and retail sales of a few tenths of a percentage point and a modest decline in consumer confidence, Barclays economists in New York calculate.
Its well known that the BCDC uses for measures: Non-Farm Payrolls, Industrial Production, Real Retail Sales and Real Personal Income, to date recessions.
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Privately held commercial and industrial builders have seen stronger sales growth than residential construction companies over the last 12 months, according to recent data from Sageworks Inc.
At the end of the day, Sandy may end up being beneficial for the U.S. economy, pushing indicators like construction spending, industrial production, and retail sales above their pre-disaster trend-lines over the next few quarters, according to Goldman Sachs.
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U.S. retail sales data, industrial output in China and the euro area, the ongoing Spanish banking crisis and possible further monetary policy easing in Japan will all be overshadowed by the Greek elections, said Nomura Securities analysts in a 16 page report on Friday.
In the U.S., we can see it in the reversals of previously positive economic reports and unexpected declines in durable goods orders, industrial production, new home sales, existing home sales, new home starts, construction spending, new jobs creation, personal income, consumer confidence, small business confidence, and so on.
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The reason for such bullishness is the industrial supply company has raised its sales guidance for the second quarter.
Some key data due to be released this week includes retail sales on Tuesday, industrial production on Wednesday, initial claims on Thursday, and the consumer price index on Friday.
Obviously, if the United States hopes to prevail upon the other advanced industrial nations to give up lucrative sales of CW-related materials to developing nations, we must observe a consistent standard ourselves.
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