But doing so would reduce U.S. economic activity and destroy U.S. jobs, which would have a more lasting adverse impact.
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The higher utilization could be a result of a resurgence in deepwater activity in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, where the government recently sold leases for new exploration activity.
U. for cartel activity in 1997, thinks fining a company like Microsoft 10% of its revenue does little to deter the individual managers who might be most responsible for scrupulous activity, punishing shareholders instead.
Other data shows a modest rebound in factory activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region.
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And, because pickup sales are closely tied to U.S. housing activity, they are also prone to economic swings.
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Economic activity in the U.S. picked up in the third quarter, though it remains weak by nearly every measure.
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Consumers' confidence in the economy is watched closely because their spending accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. economic activity.
Better readings for U.S. manufacturing activity and consumer spending point to a faster growth rate in the fourth quarter, analysts still say.
First, the Export-Import Bank is a money-making activity for the U.S. government.
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As a result of these infrastructure needs, and the tremendous opportunities associated with unconventional oil and gas, U.S. economic activity is rising.
The project is dedicated to monitoring hate groups and extremist activity in the U.S. He joined us from his office in Montgomery, Alabama.
The figures reflect, in part, how the global recession hit the U.S. more severely than China and hurt U.S. industrial activity and energy use.
The world market place was impacted late in the week by a weaker-than-expected U.S. business activity report from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve on Thursday morning.
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This uncertainty has caused much unsettled activity in the U.S. markets.
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On Wednesday the Institute for Supply Management reported U.S. factory activity contracted for a second month in September, while inflationary pressures tumbled and employment in the sector fell.
The services sector represents about four-fifths of U.S. economic activity.
Much like the first half cash trading volume declines at NYSE Euronext, trading volumes at the Nasdaq were primarily the result of lower trading activity in the U.S. and Europe.
Shale gas and oil has led to an explosion of onshore activity in the U.S. and around the world as producer use new technologies to tap resources at an economical cost.
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This environment is not one for growth, and it is even questionable now how long the emerging economies can sustain booming consumer activity as the U.S. and Europe sit on the brink of recession.
Rock-bottom gas prices are already fueling a surge of new manufacturing activity in the U.S. Consumers, from big utilities to condo buildings in New York, are also converting to burning the cheap new gas.
The U.S. intelligence community and special operations forces will continue to wage a vigorous campaign against the remnants of Al Qaeda, but the period of large-scale U.S. military activity in Southwest Asia is coming to a close.
The new data from Sageworks comes as the latest reading on U.S. manufacturing activity showed that the sector continued to grow only modestly in August as increased domestic new orders were partly offset by another drop in new export orders.
On Wednesday, a joint study by Babson and Baruch Colleges reported that the average rate of early-stage entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. rose to nearly 13% last year, up from 7% in 2008 and the highest level in more than a decade.
So-called health inflation has meant that spending on health care now represents 16% of all economic activity in the U.S. On a per-capita basis, the U.S. spends about twice as much as most other industrialized economies without garnering any tangible effects on health or longevity.
On average, 20% of start-ups fail within their first year, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which also conducts an annual study on entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. Its newest report, due out next month, is expected to show that start-up volume in the U.S. increased by just a few percentage points in 2011, just as it did in 2010, 2009 and 2008, says E.
When economic activity improves, the U.S. Treasury yield and mortgage rates would rise.
At its meeting, the committee determined that a trough in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in June 2009.
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