U.S. Treasurys, also considered a safe-haven, are near four-month lows after rising earlier this month.
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Bloomberg hailed the population rise as a measure of the city's quality of life, crediting factors he often cites as key accomplishments on his 11-year watch: crime rates at historic lows, rising life expectancy and a public school system that has seen an aggressive, if not uncontroversial, overhaul.
If this level is broken, then the March lows and the rising 200-day moving average (MA) are now in the 1250 area.
Both short- and long-term rates, recently at historic lows, are now rising, so companies are anxious to lock in cheap funding.
The jump in the PCI index joins positive signals from other indexes including manufacturing, manufacturing shipments and retail sales, all of which have been rising steadily from mid-2009 lows.
It is also clear from the chart that the 21-period WMA has acted as a good level of support, as tests of the rising WMA have often marked correction lows.
One last hopeful sign: The Bloomberg U.S. Truckload Trucking Index, consisting of companies like Heartland Express, Knight Transportation and Swift Transportation is up 12% since hitting 52-week lows on reports of rising rates.
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Crawford also cites a declining ratio of new highs to new lows, as well as a rising Volatility Index (VIX).
"From the lows of cancellation to the fans rising up, it's been an amazing journey for us, " said Skeet Ulrich, who plays Jake Green on the show.
Home prices seem to have found a bottom over the five months to August, rising 8.5% from their early-2012 lows.
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With 179 new 52-week highs and 113 new 52-week lows on the New York Stock Exchange in a rising trend, the basic requirements were met.
The wealth effect, aided by rising stock, bond, and home prices from the March 2009 lows provide further salve for the wounds of the past.
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With long-term rates rising, despite a monetary policy which is keeping short-term rates at historic lows, the Federal Reserve, America's central bank, might find it hard to persuade home owners to do more of what it wants them to do (go shopping) were the economy to stumble.
As a result of their concerns about their slowing economies and rising inflation, their stock markets are down an average of 12%, with most hitting new lows every few days, no bottom in sight.
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