There was less impact on the Empire Manufacturing Survey, but the industrial production report on Friday showed a decline of 0.4%.
Gains in European markets were limited by a weak Euro zone industrial production report Monday that showed a 0.3% decline from October to November.
The production report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that industrial production was down 2.4% in November compared with the same month a year earlier.
The week ends with the industrial production report on Friday.
In this week's Science, Jonathan Knight and his colleagues at the University of Bath, in Britain, report the production of an optical fibre that guides light using this phenomenon.
Using data from over 2, 000 interviews with businesses in the food production industry, the report estimates that food producers draw on a pool of between 420, 000 and 611, 000 temporary workers.
The Federal Reserve is expected to report that industrial production picked up slightly last month.
The WGC report estimated that production increases the above-ground stock at a rate of 1.7% per year.
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In an earlier report German industrial production jumped more than forecast in March when it rose 0.7% on the month leaving it 11.2% higher year-on-year.
The Wall Street Journal cites people "familiar with the device's production" as sources for its report.
The uptake of more radical innovations, such as drought resistant GM crops, is another solution to increase food production, suggests Agrimonde's report.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, new residential construction, import and export prices, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report, and industrial production and capacity utilization.
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In a mid-week report, BNP Paribas said production of cars and car parts in Japan is gradually recovering.
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"One of the most intriguing results from the National's NT Live screenings is that, despite lower expectations, cinema audiences reported higher levels of emotional engagement with the production than theatre audiences, " the report said.
How was Russia allowed to report NGLs as part of its production if a country like Saudi Arabia never has?
The row had been sparked by a report that Renault was considering moving production of a future version of the Clio, its popular small car, from France to Turkey.
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Concerns over inflation are being boosted by a measurable rise in the production of goods, according to a separate report Friday that showed that manufacturing increased in March for the ninth month in a row.
Although Sony announced Tuesday that two of its factories in China would resume production on September 19 after a two-day closure, Panasonic China instructed its factories to use their own discretion to decide whether to resume production or not, according to Chinese media report.
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Although all three versions of the plane are making steady progress, production has not ramped up at the rate Lockheed hoped, and a recent government report on various glitches encountered in development suggests the program is still not ready for high-rate production.
In some areas, farmers had moved production to more remote and difficult plots, the report said.
In October 2009 a UN report said Afghanistan's illegal opium production had devastating global consequences.
From 2000 to 2008, nuclear energy dropped from 16.7% to 13.5% of global energy production, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009.
"The rise in the number of businesses in recent years shows that a recession can be an excellent time to start a business, " he states in his report, adding that "factors of production such as premises and labour can be cheaper and higher quality, meaning that return on investment can be greater".
"Given that global and U.S. grain inventories remain very tight, grain prices will continue to reflect growing conditions and yield potential for both U.S. and global crop production, " Agrium said, citing a June report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which anticipates global grain and oilseed stockpiles to scrape 35-year lows through 2009.
While this mixup was easy to isolate and understand, it highlights an ongoing issue in the natural gas industry, that has become more and more important as the nation evaluates the unprecedented strategic potential of this domestic energy resource: Everyone seems to estimate and report the gas resource, and even production, a little bit differently.
Most recently in June, the House Oversight Committee released an in-depth report, detailing a dramatic drop in the production of generic injectable drugs.
The report also says that Toshiba suffered a brief production outside a few days before the quake in an incident not yet officially disclosed by the company.
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On Thursday, we get weekly jobless claims, and then Friday follows with the Empire State Manufacturing Survey and industrial production numbers, as well as the preliminary consumer sentiment report for March.
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"They're looking at the scouting report, " said guard Raymond Felton, whose production has fallen in February.
There is July's inflation report, and data on retail sales, industrial production and the views of America's senior loan officers.
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