Even in 1999, defense spending will drop 0.1% while domestic discretionary spending will rise 2.2 %.
In the U.S., retail sales rose 0.8% in July, exceeding expectations of a 0.2% rise.
For one, if the dollar is weakened, dollar costs for U.S. exporters will necessarily rise.
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But the 3.8 point year-on-year rise was lower than the 4.5 point rise in England.
Now, investors can move their money overseas when tax rates on U.S. corporate investment rise.
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The producer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4%, slightly less than expectations for a 0.5% rise.
Trinity College, Carmarthen said post-graduate applications were up by 17.5% while Swansea University saw a 2.2% rise.
No wonder gold equities were up 5.07% last week, though bullion only rise 0.75%.
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In economic headlines beyond the retail-sales data, February import prices rose 1.1%, above expectations for a 0.6% rise.
The equivalent figure for England was 2.7%, with a 3.1% rise in Wales.
In the event the dollar declines in relation to the peso, the fund assets in U.S. dollars will rise.
In November, these rose by 0.5%, compared with expectations of a 0.1% rise.
Strength was significantly above average for lingerie and luxury, with Saks posting an 11.9% gain, Nordstrom notching a 7.9% rise.
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At rival Next, for instance, first-half sales in stores fell 1.5%, while its home shopping business saw sales rise 7.8%.
The Index of Leading Economic Indicators surprised on the upside, increasing by 0.6 percent, whereas a 0.2 percent rise was expected.
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Since the beginning of the year Hewlett-Packard's market value has risen 18.8%, while competitors Dell has seen its stock rise 36.0%.
U.S. retail sales showed a stronger-than-expected rise of 1.1% in February, which is about double the rise that the market place expected.
Research firm IHS projects U.S. light-vehicle sales will rise to 14.9 million units in 2013 from an expected 14.3 million in 2012.
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If the yuan goes up, Chinese exports decline and U.S. exports rise.
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects the U.S. economy would shrink and unemployment would rise to 9.1% next year under this scenario.
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The August Personal Income and Spending numbers came in at 0.1% and 0.5%, respectively, on expectations of a 0.2% and 0.5% rise.
The company saw like-for-like sales rise 1.1% in the ten weeks to July 19, driven by a 5.1% rise in food sales.
But the average revenue per room fell by 7.8%, compared with a drop of 0.8% in England and a 3.1% rise in Wales.
However, the increase is the smallest in consumer spending for three months, and marks a slowdown from February's 0.7% jump and January's 0.3% rise.
Same-store sales at Wal-Mart rose 1.7% in December, with a 1.9% rise at Wal-Mart U.S. and a 0.1% rise at warehouse operator Sam's Club.
Indeed, it seems to move in lockstep with spending, as January saw U.S. consumer spending rise 0.6%, nearly inline with the increase in consumer credit.
Factories in the U.S. increased production by 0.7%, contributing to a 0.8% overall rise in factory, mine and utility production last month, after a 0.1% rise in February.
Exports rose 10% in March, coming in below February's 21.8% increase and a 12% gain forecast, while imports increased 14.1%, beating February's 15.2% decline and a 6.1% rise tipped.
Assuming a full-employment economy with an unemployment rate of 5.2% by 2020, the BLS expects total U.S. employment to rise 14.3% over the current decade, resulting in 20.5 million new jobs.
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Many economists estimate that real U.S. GDP will rise approximately 2.1 to 2.4 percent as the economy is still being plagued by stubbornly high unemployment and uncertainty over job growth, NRF said.
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