The answer, according to the new Supply Chain Report 2012 from the Carbon Disclosure Project, is yes.
The Institute for Supply Management manufacturing report indicates that the private sector expansion continued in January.
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Other U.S. economic data due for release Friday includes monthly wholesale trade and the monthly USDA supply and demand report for major grains.
Electricity supplier Central Networks has advised customers to ring 0800 328 1111 to report loss of supply.
But it is the Barker report on housing supply that is more likely to send a shudder through middle England.
The Institute for Supply Management's monthly report showed the manufacturing sector expanded in April for the fifth consecutive month, but at the lowest rate of the year.
According to the Enough Project, a number of advancements have improved the humanitarian situation in the DRC and have paved the way for additional companies to more easily examine and report on their supply chains.
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An anticipated monthly report on global supply and demand estimates for agricultural products from the Department of Agriculture this Friday may support the agriculture and fertilizer market if it shows that demand continues to be strong for these crops.
These reports were definitely euro positive, but probably the best news came with the report that M3 money supply increased 0.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Capital planning does enjoy high-level attention with responsibility roughly divided between the CRO and the CFO, or the demand side of capital and the supply side, according to the report.
"Considering the rapid depletion of the world's oil reserve, the heightened global interest in addressing greenhouse gas emissions and the geopolitical complications of global oil supply and demand, " a report by the U.S. Department of Energy concluded.
Some of the other key U.S. economic indicators next week include personal income and spending Monday, Chicago Purchasing Managers Index and consumer confidence on Tuesday, ADP private-sector employment report and Institute for Supply Management manufacturing PMI Wednesday, and initial jobless claims Thursday.
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Equity markets rallied sharply on a better-than-expected June manufacturing report from the Institute for Supply Management.
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The report on security of gas supply points out that share of generating capacity is on the way up, from 40% to 60%.
Many in the market had wondered if the ongoing issues in South Africa were going to push the platinum market into a supply deficit, and the Johnson Matthey report was seen as confirming this.
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The second weakness is that although the report recognises that expanding the supply of good school places is more important than allocating existing ones, it does not come up with much to help new providers set up schools.
In the South East of England, 57% of the letting agents said that they were seeing demand outstrip supply, according to Arla's quarterly report.
Rents for grade A office buildings has been on the rise due to tight supply and good demand, according to a report by brokerage DTZ.
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In the case of the Hong Kong SAR, an official report about the manpower requirements and supply to the region until 2018 provided some insight into its most pressing needs for professionals.
Another report released by the Institute for Supply Management Wednesday showed that the service industry began growing significantly last month, producing an index reading of 57.1 in December, up from 55 in November.
"Now we have a nearly unlimited supply of potential advertising inventory, " says the report.
The report said palladium is swinging to a supply deficit of 915, 000 ounces from a 1.255 million surplus last year.
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The report comes a day after the Institute for Supply Management said its non-manufacturing index rose to 42.9, from a revised 40.1 December reading.
However, a report out of the UK showing that money supply is barely moving and a weak bond auction in Italy has put traders back into uncertainty mode.
And as we covered in our recent report on the state of private equity, two supply-side factors also could drive deal activity in the months ahead.
In their second report they both point to the inelastic nature of supply and demand for food and also claim that food prices move much more than supply and or demand for food.
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Ironically, the United States, which is preparing to build a small but significant fleet of next-generation nuclear reactors, is perhaps the most exposed to the potentially catastrophic risks posed by a rapidly expanding and recklessly managed supply of lethally radioactive nuclear waste, according to a recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Indeed, as we report regularly through our Monetary Watch series, money supply under the Austrian formulation of money, which Austrians have coined the True Money Supply or TMS, has been growing at double digit rates for some time now, 21 consecutive months to be exact, with the latest month showing a year over year rate of increase of 11.2%.
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Inventory currently stands at 6.6 months supply, or 162, 000 new homes, according to the report from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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But according to Manpower, another employment agency, the mismatch between supply and demand is starkest in Brazil, where 64% of employers report difficulty filling vacancies, against 40% in China and 16% in India.
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