They seem to be changing their outlook on a month-to-month basis for whatever reason.
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Electricity usage, perhaps the best barometer of economic activity, was essentially flat this summer on a month-to-month basis.
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So far, says Shapiro, revenue from mobile products are growing steadily on a month-to-month basis, and "pretty dramatically" year over year.
This is a surprising turnaround to watch on a month-to-month basis.
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On Wednesday the Mortgage Bankers Association also reported that purchase applications rose 10.1% in the Apr. 16 week, showing only a modest gain on a month-to-month basis.
Our service is offered on a month-to-month basis.
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Average housing prices in 100 major Chinese cities fell by a slower pace on a month-to-month basis in May, slipping 0.31% from April when they were down 0.34% from March, according to the China Real Estate Index System, a private data provider.
Edward Jones analyst Robin Diedrich warns that results may be sketchy on a month-to-month basis -- the Commerce Department reported June retail sales fell 0.5% on Wednesday -- and the recovery hasn't been a straight shot up, but says the sector is experiencing a "normal recovery" and sales should continue to improve.
Olney was heartened by this especially since Europe on a 30-year 12-month forward price-to-earnings basis trades at a discount of 16% to the U.S. which is double the long-run average of 8%.
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On a month-to-month or quarter-to-quarter basis the surveys are not good at telling us what the ONS will come up with - even if they do tell us which direction the wind is blowing.
The decline of residential sales by value in China narrowed in May to 9.1% from a year earlier compared with a fall of 13% in April, and moderated to a 17% decline on an on-month basis from 23% in April.
In December, sales fell for the third consecutive month on a year-to-year basis.
On a month-over-month basis, 18 cities posted a price decline in September, compared to 15 MoM drops in August, and just 8 cities experiencing price reductions in the July report.
In fact, on a two-month basis, core inflation has actually fallen to 2.0% (see chart).
Retail sales fell 0.4% on a like-for-like basis from the same month last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
There was only one low level report scheduled from the euro area today and that was German Import Prices which increased to a growth rate of 0.6% on a month-over month basis.
"The Court did not consider how the totality of the court-directed payments would impact the parties' economic reality on a month to month basis, " Judge Janowitz wrote in his new decision.
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