The spokeswoman, Andrea Saul, said the campaign would disclose its cash-on-hand figure — the critical barometer for determining how much money Mr. Romney burned through in the lead up to the "Super Tuesday" contests that concluded Tuesday night — later in the day.
Readings above 50 in the Chicago purchasers' barometer signal growth, and November's figure exceeded the highest estimate in the Bloomberg survey.
The composite PMI figure, seen as a barometer of growth, edged up to 47.2 from October's 28-month low of 46.5, marking its third month of contraction.
Aside from the obvious problem of using a single historical figure as a moral barometer, there's another troubling issue at hand: Folks are arguing about the opinions of an ancient person without stopping to verify his existence.
As the latest set of these figures shows (see the Barometer below), there are still large variations between similar councils.
But, according to a research report issued by Salomon Smith Barney on Jan . 13 Marks & Spencer's year-end sales figures, a closely watched barometer, were "better than worst fears but offered no sign of decisive recovery".
The figures, regarded as a barometer of economic confidence, are up 5.3% on March last year, making it the busiest month for traders since twice-yearly number plate changes were introduced in 1999.
And like one of those old-fashioned weatherhouse barometers, the consequence of the unionist figure popping out into the sane daylight position means that political nationalism seemingly must automatically swing back into hysterical gloom.
The Bank of England selected the unemployment rate as a barometer, he said, because it wanted a figure that was "widely understood and widely available".
Because China is the world's largest exporter and often the first large country to release trade data each month, its trade figures are a widely watched barometer not only for the health of China's large export sector but also of the global economy.
I only had to pull out the manual to figure out how to read the barometer and set the temperature to Fahrenheit; everything else I figured out on my own with some hunting and pecking.
