U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, revised productivity and costs, the ISM manufacturing report, construction spending and domestic auto industry sales.
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This week is relatively slow for new economic data, with the Productivity and Costs report out Tuesday along with the Federal Open Market Committee announcement.
U.S. economic data due for release Thursday includes the weekly jobless claims report, the Challenger jobs report, non-farm productivity and the ISM New York business report.
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And today's report on productivity and expenses showed that unit labor costs grew 4.2% from the first quarter, above the consensus of 3.8%--nearly four times the growth rate of productivity.
And today's government report on productivity and costs showed that unit labor costs grew 4.2% from the first quarter, above the consensus of 3.8% and much faster than the growth rate of productivity, which increased 1.1%, way below the 4.3% pace of last quarter.
The U.S. economic data slate Thursday is very heavy and includes the weekly DOE energy stocks report, ICSC chain store sales, domestic auto sales, the Challenger job cuts report, the ADP national employment report, weekly jobless claims, preliminary productivity and costs, the U.S. manufacturing PMI, the ISM manufacturing report, the consumer confidence index, and construction spending.
Companies that have invested in southern Dallas, such as American Airlines, report above-average productivity.
My analysis and the US GAO report suggest that the productivity of the industry is biphasic (steady up until 1980s and exponentially declining thereafter), suggesting that something(s) happened midway in the history of the industry (1940s to today) that negatively influenced new drug discovery productivity.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the NFIB index of small business optimism, the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, preliminary productivity and costs, the weekly Johnson Redbook report and the one-day FOMC meeting.
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The union also acknowledged that Chrysler must find a way to improve its productivity, which ranks last in the 2002 Harbour Report.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, the weekly Goldman Sachs and Johnson Redbook retail sales reports, revised productivity and costs, and the ISM New York report on business.
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In the medium term, "external price pressures fade and a gradual revival in productivity growth curbs increases in domestic costs, " the report said.
U.S. economic data due for release Wednesday is light and includes the weekly MBA mortgage applications survey, preliminary productivity and costs, and the weekly DOE energy stocks report.
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Monday saw the publication of this essay in Scientific American by Robert Fortner, highlighting a new NSF report on the continuing decline of US Science productivity.
In addition to the weekly jobless claims, we also get the latest report on international trade on Thursday, along with productivity and costs.
Adding to the complexities of the CEM landscape is the emergence of big data, as detailed in the recent McKinsey Report Big Data, The Next Frontier for Innovation, Competition and Productivity.
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While IT professionals are busy figuring out how to inhibit employees from tracking the success or failure of their favorite basketball teams, a new report by staffing service OfficeTeam, makes it seem as though the March Madness productivity problem is overstated.
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Frankfort noted the company's strong results reflect the increasing recognition of the Coach brand globally as well as a positive consumer response to the product offerings, and he said the company should continue to report solid results on the top and bottom lines through a combination of global productivity gains and distribution growth.
The TUC's report also suggests that it would also lead to employers benefiting from a workforce with improved productivity, morale and health.
Officials from the council (CEA) and the White House have kept mum about the report's findings, but we do know it will address the following issues: productivity growth, pro-growth tax policy, the fiscal challenges facing Medicare, catastrophe risk insurance, energy and infrastructure in the transportation sector, currency markets, international trade and investment and immigration.
A.O. published a great report in 2006 examining the role of regulatory, business, IP and technological challenges on drug discovery productivity.
Meanwhile, the report by Punjab's government encourages farmers to alleviate the twin crises of environmental degradation and falling productivity by returning to traditional practices.
Analysis of such data conducted for this report suggests the reduction in the top tax rates has had little association with saving, investment, or productivity growth.
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