Retail experts warned the latest figures sent out a "worrying signal" ahead of the crucial Christmas sales period.
Instead, they look more broadly at financial imbalances, particularly excessive growth in credit, which tends to signal problems ahead.
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It may also signal further cuts ahead, particularly in Europe, as inflationary pressures subside and the need to spur growth takes priority.
In the name of battling inflation, the Fed is fueling deflation--witness depressed commodity prices, always a signal of trouble ahead.
But interest is simmering in the venture community--a signal that profits lie ahead.
Washington's signal it will move ahead for talks on joining the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, along with other prospective members Vietnam, Australia and Peru, are widely viewed as an attempt to show the U.S. is willing to forge closer trade ties with the Asian region, which accounts for half of the global economy.
David McCorquodale, head of retail for KPMG, said the figures sent "a worrying signal" about the festive season ahead for retailers in Scotland.
Zhu Feng, an expert on Chinese foreign policy at Peking University, described the latest nuclear test as a "paradigm change" and a signal that Pyongyang appeared set on moving ahead to bolster its weapons capabilities.
If defensive stocks are outperforming those that are more dependent on the economy's growth, it could be signal from the market that a slowdown is ahead, these investors argue.
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China will likely signal it is going to ease in the days ahead.
Those arrests, in fact, then seemed to send a signal to the militants in England to perhaps go ahead with their attack, and I think once the arrests in Pakistan had been made, the British had no choice, I think, but to make the arrests in England fairly soon.
It looked to signal a United victory, but seven minutes later and Sunderland were ahead again as Andy Reid's cross was met by Jones ahead of the onrushing Foster.
This will be one of the biggest issues at the center of the upcoming budget wars, and by selecting Lew for this job, Obama is sending a clear signal that he does not plan to give ground easily on these programs in the months ahead.
The question for seasonal investors now, fractionally ahead of the market if they followed the spring exit and recent re-entry signal of my Seasonal Timing Strategy, is whether the rally that began in November was the beginning of a typical favorable season rally into next spring.
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