Nationwide department store sales edged ahead by 0.3% in June and 0.4% in Tokyo compared to one year ago.
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Industrial production in the euro area rose in June by 0.6%, making an increase of 1.4% over the previous 12 months.
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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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Transportation-related orders increased 8.0% in June, despite a 0.7% decline in motor vehicles and parts.
Retail sales moved up 0.1% in June, reversing a 0.1% decline the month before, and reflecting a slightly stronger impulse than economists were expecting.
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The broader index, which includes auto and building material, was softer but still gained from June levels and reached 0.6% on the month, after posting 0.3% month on month gains in June.
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Figures for April to June showed a 0.4% fall, following a drop of 0.2% in the first quarter.
Safe havens were in demand, as shown by 10-year Japanese government bonds, which hit 0.79%, the lowest level since June 2003, closing at 0.815%.
Real average hourly earnings dropped 0.6% in March, the most since June 2009, after falling 0.5% the prior month.
On Tuesday, the New York-based Conference Board announced its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 51.9 in July, from an upwardly revised 51.0 in June.
The June dollar index fell 0.181 point to 83.78.
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Edward Jones analyst Robin Diedrich warns that results may be sketchy on a month-to-month basis -- the Commerce Department reported June retail sales fell 0.5% on Wednesday -- and the recovery hasn't been a straight shot up, but says the sector is experiencing a "normal recovery" and sales should continue to improve.
Retail sales for March fell 0.4%, the biggest monthly decline since June, while economists had been expecting a 0.1% decline.
PIB-tracked titles reported 43, 427.11 advertising pages between April and June, a gain of 0.8 percent versus the same three-month period last year.
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Daily output, according to one source, was 2.0 million tons in June and 1.99 million tons in July.
From April to June 2012, output fell by 0.1%, whereas it was previously thought to have had a deeper decline of 0.4%.
The Labor Department is reporting that the consumer prices were little changed in June, with core CPI up 0.2 percent, excluding food and energy.
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The book-to-bill ratio for printed circuit boards was 1.02 in June, up from 1.0 in May and 0.97 in April, according to IPC, an industry trade association.
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.
The economy slowed to a 1.5% growth rate in the April-to-June period, from 2.0% in the first quarter, according to Commerce's first estimate of gross domestic product last week.
The June Consumer Price Index rose just 0.2% from May, the government said, the lowest in four months, even as the "core" rate, which discounts food and energy, rose a slightly higher than expected 0.3%.
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Credit funds were up by a mere 0.2% in June, according to Credit Suisse.
The Personal Consumption Expenditure price index rose 0.5% in June, again due to higher gas prices.
The selling pressure pushed prices on entrants down 0.5% on June 25, even as the overall index advanced 1.5%.
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