As is often the case, your strength is your weakness, and your weakness is your strength.
But unemployment is a symptom of past economic weakness, not an indicator of future weakness.
So some of the weakness in retailing is double-counting the weakness in housing.
The culprit was continued weakness in ultracapacitor revenue, which down slightly from Q2 2011 because of weakness in Europe.
The weakness in copper reflects the weakening global economy, while the weakness in gold and the precious metals hints at deflation.
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November's weakness was driven by a significant drop in demand for commercial aircraft, though weakness in autos, steel and defense communications equipment also played a role.
The weakening dollar pushes capital away from the U.S. The resulting economic weakness invites the Fed to keep interest rates low, bringing more dollar weakness and U.S. underperformance.
The silver lining here is that just as dollar weakness tends to coincide with worldwide currency weakness, dollar strength frequently occurs in concert with the reflation of foreign currencies.
Spring weakness in the transportation sector, for example, anticipated broader market weakness as the Dow industrials traded sideways for a month before eventually rolling over into the steep May declines.
Both the strength of the dollar and the weakness of commodity prices have more to do with economic weakness abroad, particularly in Asia, than with any new era in America.
Because of this, any weakness in NUE will likely prove more rewarding to buyers of weakness and sellers of strength than a pullback in AKS or X, both of which continue to trade in bear market territory.
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But AZT has a structural weakness (a flimsy phosphate) that viral enzymes can expel.
The euro's weakness, say the euro fans, actually helped the eurozone economy, boosting its export industry.
For the Liberal Democrats - not many successes at a time of Labour's great weakness.
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She had been recovering but disease fed on her weakness, her lungs became infected, her body couldn't fight.
But increasingly their differences are seen as a source of strength rather than a weakness to be overcome.
These events point to a horrible planning weakness by most electric utility industry participants.
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However, that strength was offset by continued weakness in industrial and appliance demand in China.
If the economy is sluggish in March, I'd expect weakness in the stock market.
Day trend indicators are pointing south again, implying that investors should expect further sterling weakness.
We expect further weakness in housing starts and in sales of both new and existing homes.
The weakness of the Republic's economy is continuing to hit Northern Ireland exporters, official figures suggest.
"My biggest weakness in life is that I can't say no, " says Branson, 49.
It also implies that the Android vendor comments about European market weakness are suspect.
U.S. stocks gave up early gains as investors paused amid weakness in technology and telecommunications stocks.
This may be the first of many attempts to address a technological weakness with policy.
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Another factor is the economy's recent weakness, which has made steady teaching jobs look better.
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The real weakness may be not in his methods but in his avowed aims.
There is a central weakness, though, and one that is common to election accounts in general.
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One weakness of the book is that the candidacy of Mike Huckabee gets very short shrift.
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