This mirrors the stunning 2.9% year-on-year fall in producer prices in July.

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The research is the longest global reconstruction of temperature records over the last 11, 300 years and mirrors results covering the past 2, 000 years.

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Our sample mirrors this estimate, with only 9.2% of underwater borrowers 90 days or more past due on their mortgage payments.

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