In every recent presidential race, the candidate with the higher positive numbers has won the White House.
The positive numbers could lead to rate hikes in the near-term if Russia is serious about eliminating its persistent inflation threat.
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Right now there are still positive numbers in transportation, but manufacturing is starting to weaken as inventory rebuilding catches up and surpasses current demand.
But the mood in the country doesn't reflect those positive numbers.
Nobody is predicting a strong European performance this year: a return to positive numbers across the euro area is as much as anyone dare reasonably hope for.
These are not big numbers, but they are positive numbers.
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But even the positive numbers ignore the fact that Enron was at the same time dramatically increasing its asset base through mergers and by issuing debt (not even considering unreported debt owed by the off-balance-sheet partnerships).
As I noted earlier, better-than-expected jobless claims Thursday (hitting a three-and-a-half-year low) was just one of the positive economic numbers last week.
Other semiconductor market research firms have also recently reduced their forecasts, and have changed their growth outlooks for 2012 from positive to negative numbers.
Strong December numbers could bring a positive surprise when preliminary fourth quarter 2011 GDP numbers come out next week.
There has been a lot in the news Monday regarding positive Black Friday sales numbers.
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He managed to read negative numbers as positive and vice versa.
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But when weighted by market capitalization, the numbers look more positive, meaning larger companies have done better.
And nine out of 10 were more positive about learning maths after Numbers Count than when they started.
These numbers, while positive, are a cause for hope but not celebration, because far too many of our neighbors and friends and family are still out of work.
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The robust trade data and tame inflation numbers are a positive for the world market place because they suggest China is on the upswing and also will not have to tighten monetary policy to keep inflation in check.
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Joe Manimbo, market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions, said the numbers were "surprisingly positive".
However, the U.S. dollar index was given a boost by some positive U.S. retail sales numbers.
All of this positive activity slowly, but ultimately, results in positive economic growth, and rising employment numbers.
Analysts said that while these moves had been positive, the downward revision in growth numbers was an indicator that the policymakers needed to do more.
As markets digest the positive surprise provided by the ADP employment numbers, which showed that 217, 000 private sector jobs were added to the economy ahead of the all-important non-farm payroll report by the Labor Department on Friday, planned layoffs reached an 11-month high on February, with the number increasing for a second consecutive month, giving investors reasons to be concerned.
The latest GDP statistics in the Euro-zone countries are barely positive and the trend is leading to significant negative numbers for the current quarter.
Q1 2011 recorded the lowest number of announced layoffs since 1995, striking a positive note, along with relatively strong private payroll numbers, for the beleaguered job market.
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Yesterday, the numbers released by the Labor Department reflected a continuing positive trend of diminishing job loss.
At some point, however, Obama will have to attempt a positive message to demonstrate why he should at least match his numbers among this group from 2008.
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The Gates response to these numbers reminds me of a hip-hop song Positive K recorded 18 years ago, in which a cute girl in a club keeps telling him she already has a man, and he responds.
When March retail sales numbers beat expectations the markets took it as a big positive, an indicator of improved consumer spending.
"Over the last five years, the numbers of deceased organ donors in Wales has followed a generally positive trend, " said Mr Drakeford.
Facebook, as usual, declines to comment on any of these numbers, but we know that it became cash-flow positive in 2009.
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