And indeed since that meeting economic reports have improved significantly, including the surprisingly strong jobs report for July, unexpectedly positive housing reports, retail sales up 0.8% in July after declining 0.7% in June, industrial production rising 0.6% in July after rising only 0.1% in May and June, consumer confidence unexpectedly rising in August, and so on.
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Its three-month moving average, considered a recession indicator, fell from -0.26 in July to -0.47 in August.
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Monthly inflation dropped in July to 0.7%, its lowest figure since 1990.
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The NFIB said the net change in employment per firm over the past three months remained negative but improved to -0.04 in July, from -0.11 in June.
Year-over-year job growth rose just 0.3% in July, down from about 0.6% growth in the year-earlier period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Reuters Purchasing Manufacturer's index of factory activity fell to 47.3 in July, down 0.6 points from a month before.
The Office for National Statistics said sales volumes in July rose by 0.3%, and were up 2.8% from a year earlier.
The BRC report comes after official figures released last week showed that retail sales grew only slightly in July, up 0.2% from June.
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In the U.S., retail sales rose 0.8% in July, exceeding expectations of a 0.2% rise.
August retail sales were revised upward to 0.4 from July, which was originally reported as 0.1%.
Personal spending increased 0.8% in July, above consensus expectations of 0.7%, while personal income rose 0.3%, in line with expectations.
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At the same time, wages and salaries grew 0.4% in July, in line with headline inflation (up 0.4%) which translates, along with other variables, to a 0.1% decline in real disposable income.
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The eurodollar exchange rate fell to its lowest level since July 2010, down 0.8% to 1.2577.
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The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), which measures future plans by UK manufacturing firms, stood at 51.7 in August, compared to 52.0 in July.
The eurozone economy grew by 0.2% between July and September, while the 27 economies of the European Union grew collectively by 0.3%.
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Macedo said that auto and agribusiness kept industrial production positive in the month of July, still a dismal 0.3 percent.
The personal saving rate in July dipped to a negative 0.9%, the 16th month in a row the rate has been negative.
On a similar note, the Commerce Department reported earlier this week that consumer spending rose much more than expected in July, as spending jumped 0.8%.
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Revised data showed a 0.6% decrease in output between July and September - the worst since 1990 and bigger than the 0.5% fall first estimated by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The gas index fell 29.5% in November and gas prices are now 47.0% below their July peak.
In July, just over 1.0 million vehicles were sold, bringing the total to approximately 10.0 million vehicles through the first seven months.
Pending sales of existing homes rose 0.4% in July, going against expectations of a decline.
Today the Labor Department reported that the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.5% in July.
Figures released this week showed the economy grew by 0.5% between July and September.
Real average weekly earnings was up 0.3 percent between July 2011 and July 2012.
America's industrial output fell by 0.1% in July, the tenth consecutive month of decline.
Durable-goods orders fell by 0.6% in July, leaving them 11.2% lower than a year ago.
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