The fourth positive factor for the economic forecast is low interest rates.
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The declining jobless claims have been a strong positive factor for the market, and we get the next reading on Thursday, along with the first revision of first-quarter GDP.
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The most important factor in the increasingly positive situation in Northern Ireland has been the fantastic economic boom in the Republic of Ireland to the south, along with the relatively good performance of the U.K. economy, which spills over into Northern Ireland.
Some analysts counted the number of visits to a website as a positive factor, rather than assessing the amount of money generated from that visit, an article in the New York Times claimed.
The current rate, which hovers around 3.98 percent, should be a positive factor in driving the housing market.
The U.S. leads in military technology and, yes, our martial spirit remains a positive factor, despite the portrayals from Hollywood.
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But one positive factor is the impressive U.S. corporate earnings data.
European banks said they would repay the European Central Bank much more than expected of the loans the bank gave them during the financial crisis, another positive factor.
It seemed to me that there were just as many earnings beats as earnings misses, so a favorable holiday sales outlook is not a factor in the positive technical divergences.
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This drastic change of heart must very well be the result of the Romney loss and the realization that if the Republicans want to be a positive factor in governing they must be realistic and give up their fervent opposition to any taxes at all.
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On the plus side, housing is finally turning into a positive factor after a long decline.
The authors quote research that finds persuasive leaders balance positive to negative statements by a factor of five to one.
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Of course there is always the possibility other factors, maybe even the current high level of investor bullishness that may have already factored a positive 2011 into stock prices, will become a larger factor than the presidentialcycle this time around, as happened in 1987.
If recession is broadly heralded (as it has been, basically, since the last recession ended), but the economy is more resilient than folks fear, that can be an additional positive sentiment factor boosting stocks higher.
We distinguish between pressure which can be a positive, motivational factor to you doing your job well, and stress which is the adverse reaction that people have to excessive pressure.
But of course for that positive for gold to be a factor, that it tends to move opposite to the stock market in its long-term moves, the stock market would have to go into another correction, extending its secular bear market.
In these types of campaigns the negative is a strong, emotional, energizing, and unifying factor in building support where a positive message is insufficient.
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